Card case Maker: Wood and Hughes (American, active 1840–99)

ca. 1865

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

2 3/8 × 3 5/8 × 3/8 in. (6.033 × 9.208 × 0.953 cm, 56 g)

Credit Line

Gift of Carl R. Kossack, B.S. 1931, M.A. 1933

Accession Number

1985.84.23.1

Geography

Made in New York, New York

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
A card inside 1985.84.23.2 reads "Card Case of Elizabeth Tingue Read, gt. aunt of William S. Tingue, Sr. / date about 1840"
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions 1985–1987," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 40, no. 2 (Spring 1988), 50
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Marks

"W & H" [Roman capitals] incuse inside bezel

Inscriptions

"Libbie." [crosshatched black (Gothic), upper and lower case; period] engraved inside one medallion with roulettework border

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