calling-card-case
- Museum number
- 2011,3014.10
- Description
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Calling card case decorated with jungle scenes, featuring lions, a horse, and bovines. On one side of the hinged lid, elephants face a hut, while on the reverse, there is a central blank shield.
- Production date
- 1880 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 10 centimetres
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Width: 8 centimetres
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Depth: 1 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For general discussion of calling card cases, see 'Delight in Design: Indian Silver for the Raj.' Dehejia, Vidya. Mapin, 2008, pp.71-81.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good.
- Acquisition date
- 2011
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 2011,3014.10