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ca 1850 Small Carte Porcelaine Artist's Card Flower Painter J Van Damme Belgium
ca 1850 Small Carte Porcelaine Artist's Card Flower Painter J Van Damme Belgium

ca 1850 Small Carte Porcelaine Artist's Card Flower Painter J Van Damme Belgium

$ 17.95

Availability: 31 in stock
  • Time Period Manufactured: Pre-1900
  • Type of Advertising: Carte Porcelaine
  • Color: Metallic
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Belgium
  • Date of Creation: 1850s
  • Condition: In amazing condition for an over 170 year old paper treasure. Has album residue at the back corners.

    Description

    Description
    Rare. Over 170-year-old antique paper treasure.
    Offered for sale is an early Victorian era advertising card, circa 1850s, known as a "porcelain" or "carte porcelaine."
    The subtle iridescent colors of these trade cards, lithographed on porcelain-coated card paper, were created by metallic dust which was applied when the glue-based printing ink was still wet. When the hazardous nature of the practice (it is said that the dust contained mercury) was realized in the 1860s, production ceased. The production of these cards was limited to Belgium, most cards being printed in Bruges or Ghent.
    This beautiful card advertises a painter, J. Van Damme, Ghent, Belgium, with primary work in flowers.
    Please enlarge pictures for best view of condition.
    It measures approx. 3.25 by 2.5 inches (8.5 x 6 cm).