Early Victorian Hand Colored Calling CardsEarly Victorian calling cards are my favorites to collect for their beautiful graphics, usually hand colored. They date to around 1850 and listing is for a lot of 4. Refer to photos for size and condition: Very good.

Wear to the corners and the title plate on the spine

The textblock is quite good although there is some wear to the binding

The composition of a child in the clouds is a motif used in early American posthumous portraiture

She measures just over 12” tall

a founding member of the Arts & Crafts movement

Wear commensurate with age: Refer to photos

poking fun of the movement’s perceived artificiality

Cecilia is the patron saint of music

Though these two books are from the 18th century

Condition is excellent save for the tiniest

extremely rare & unusual porcelain vases from France with religious motifs: They have sacred hearts on one side & an unknown saint figure on the other

and reviled