Rare Spencerian Calling Card Salesman Samples in Presumed Original Frame Japanese tea ceremony and hopefully into the home

and hopefully into the home of someone else who love them despite (or precisely because of) their wounded state

but hadn't thought to look for CDV's of the same until coming across this one while digging through a box of old photos and ephemera in Maine this week

4" x 6" and in good overall condition

With its graceful form and gorgeous hand-painted surface treatment

Rare Spencerian Calling Card Salesman Samples in Presumed Original Frame Japanese tea ceremony and hopefully into the homeYou know I love Spencerian calligraphy all those birds and flourishes and beautiful lettering but what makes this especially special, and rarer, is that it appears to have been a salesman sample calligrapher's display piece, showing examples of the sorts of calling cards that could be ordered by clients. The banners of the upper left card together read "Cards Written To Order," and the seven others show an array of options for the sorts of cards that