Visiting card case
Manufacturer
Wood & Hughes
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1880
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 3/8 x 2 5/8 x 3 1/2 in. (1 x 6.7 x 8.9 cm)
InscribedStamped on lip: W H/125A/Sterling; on reverse, "AMH" in script (conjoined).
Credit LineGift of Admiral and Mrs. William Pierce Chilton
Object number87.381
Not on view
DescriptionCard case with stamped designs of leaves around on oval cartouche on each side. One side with a view of The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina, and the other with the monogram. Case has shaped edges and opens with hinged cover and is suspended from a silver carrying chain.Published ReferencesD.T. Rainwater, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN SILVER MANUFACTURERS (NY: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1975), p. 191 for mark.
