Calling card
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card
Measurements
55 mm (Width); 90 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Bern
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 938301.28
Summary
Calling card for Clara Aerni-Christ, Weststrasse 22, Bern; black print on white/cream card. One of a collection of calling/business cards contained in writing case, DUN/L/16. An ink handwritten note on the reverse reads, 'Dear Lord Stamford / Please accept these / few roses & the cherry- / jam (our own cherries) / as a greeting from / my family, especially / from yours devotedly / C. Aerni'.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Marks and inscriptions
Dear Lord Stamford / Please accept these / few roses & the cherry / jam (our own cherries) / as a greeting from / my family, especially / from yours devotedly / C. Aerni (handwritten in black ink)