A 19th century pressed tortoiseshell and pewter strung card case, the front and reverse depicting a deer in a classical landscape, within a foliate border -- 4 1/8in. (10½cm.) long; a tortoiseshell veneered card case; and two mother-of-pearl veneered card cases with diaper decoration, one with incised floral design, the other with haliotis shell inlay.

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A 19th century pressed tortoiseshell and pewter strung card case, the front and reverse depicting a deer in a classical landscape, within a foliate border -- 4 1/8in. (10½cm.) long; a tortoiseshell veneered card case; and two mother-of-pearl veneered card cases with diaper decoration, one with incised floral design, the other with haliotis shell inlay.
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