RECEIVER, CARD
[Household Accessory]

Accession Number: 2012.25.1

Physical Description: Silver-plated calling card receiver made by the Wilcox Silver Plate Company. It was used in the home of Antrim M. Hambleton at 213 The Drive in Topeka, Kansas. Hambleton graduated from Washburn University law school in 1914. He worked as a lawyer and later became a professor of law at Washburn. Hambleton was acting dean of Washburn's law school from 1938 to 1939, and full dean from 1943 to 1947. The card receiver might have been used at parties and college activities.

History of Object: Calling card receiver was used in the home of Antrim M. Hambleton at 213 The Drive in Topeka, Kansas. The donor was married to Antrim's son, Phil N. Hambleton. Antrim Hambleton graduated from Washburn University law school in 1914. He worked as a lawyer and later became a professor of law at Washburn. Hambleton was acting dean of Washburn's law school from 1938 to 1939, and full dean from 1943 to 1947. The donor believes the card receiver was used at parties and college activities. The donor had the receiver appraised in 1982. It was identified as quadruple plate by Wilcox, ca. 1910. It may date to an earlier period, as the Wilcox Silver Plating Company started in 1867 and continued until 1898. At that time it was one of the companies who helped create the International Silver Company and their maker's mark changed.

Date: Between 1890 and 1910

Dimensions (in cm): 13.30 (H) 15.00 (W) 13.80 (D)

Marks/Inscriptions: [maker's mark on bottom] QUADRUPLE PLATE / WILCOX SILVER PLATE CO. / 1840 //

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Associations and Subjects

Use, Place of: Shawnee County (Kan.)
Origin, Place of: Meriden (Conn.)
Individual: Hambleton, Antrim Marion, 1879-1967
Individual: Hambleton, Mary Josephine Patterson, b. 1879
Use, Place of: Topeka (Kan.)

Creators and Contributors

Wilcox Silver Plating Company

Status: Cataloged

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