FREE: Beautiful New Barlow Solid Metal Scrimshaw Business Card Holder - Free Ship

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This is a great gift for an antique lover! However it is is not really antique, but uses an antique style. It's a solid metal business card holder with scrimshaw of a hummingbird on the outside. It's brand new although it was purchased in the 1980's, just never used. The "ivory" of course is fake probably the same kind of plastic or rubber used to make billiard balls.

This was purchased for $20 and comes with the original gift box that has yellowed a bit. These go online for between $8 - $25 so they have not appreciated, although it is a very striking piece nevertheless. The engraving was done by machine as there are apparently many copies of this same exact design, but it is not printed, it is definitely engraved.

There is a minor flaw that might be removable. It looks like an eraser of a pencil was used which made a small streak perhaps trying to remove some speck of dirt. The eraser mark is about 1/2" long and is visible only if the card holder is held at the right angle. It's just above the flower. Otherwise it looks fine and the object is flawless inside and out.

The scrimshaw itself is a little more yellow than the image of the scan. However this is a pleasant yellow kind of like aged ivory except without cracks.

The card holder is only 1/2" high if that, so will hold 25 cards at a maximum, but the metal is heavy.and the item weighs 2.1 ounces. Free US shipping.