Early Victorian Etched and Hand-colored Calling Cards - Set of 6 vintage boyscout Approx 2 5/8" tall x

Approx 2 5/8" tall x 1 1/2" wide each

Some paint loss and I believe one plunderer is missing a sword

This is a complete double nines set in near mint condition

I would guess it was made in the 1950s or 60s

Early Victorian Etched and Hand-colored Calling Cards - Set of 6 vintage boyscout Approx 2 5/8" tall xI just found a small lot of these antique calling, or compliments cards, which I am really loving for their finely etched designs, bits of poetry (at turns inspirational and amusing), and for the hand coloring done by their deliverers, more carefully in some cases than it others! These are some of my favorites, including one with this brilliant bit: "it is the mind that makes the charm of travel or quiet It is the mind can ever form it's own