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Display casket for cartes-de-visite, circa 1870s
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Display casket for cartes-de-visite, circa 1870s
A walnut box, the hinged lid opening from the centre to show two racks of pivoted metal-framed wood mounts, pre-cut with red edges for the display of forty-eight cards, shown in sequence by dropping action, brass clasp, 3 x 7¾ x 8½ in.; with forty-eight cartes by various photographers.
A walnut box, the hinged lid opening from the centre to show two racks of pivoted metal-framed wood mounts, pre-cut with red edges for the display of forty-eight cards, shown in sequence by dropping action, brass clasp, 3 x 7¾ x 8½ in.; with forty-eight cartes by various photographers.