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Antique Calling Cards Prince Alfonso Count Caserta Princess Bourbon Two Sicilies

£95.00
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Antique Calling Cards Prince Alfonso Count Caserta Princess Bourbon Two Sicilies

£95.00

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Bibelotslondon Ltd is a UK registered company based in London Bridge dealing in ephemera and curiosities from Britain and around the world. Our diverse inventory is carefully chosen and constantly evolving. We work very hard to offer the highest quality works at competitive prices. Our inventory is listed online, and we strive to keep our website completely up to date, so our customers can easily check availability. We believe in offering clients items that are unique and rare for aficionados of the antique and collector's world. Bibelot is a late nineteenth century word derived from the French word bel ‘beautiful’, meaning a small item of beauty, curiosity or interest. The word ephemera is derived from the sixteenth century Greek word ephmera meaning a printed or hand written paper not meant to be retained for a long period of time.


Fine antique Vcalling cards from the royal family of the Two Sicilies exiled after the unification of Italy. Le Comte de Caserta was Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta (1841-1934) head of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies after the death of his elder brother Francis II the last reigning King of the Two Sicilies. La Comtesse de Caserta was his wife Princess Maria Antoinetta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1851-1938), his cousin, daughter of Prince Francis, Count of Trapani. 

From the collection of Richard Winslow (1848-1896), born in Chicago to Hezekiah and Helen nee Clarke and Mary Aphia Winslow nee Hurlings Denison (1861-1933), she was born in Pennsylvania to Charles a lawyer and member of the 38th Congress of the USA, her mother was Mary Elizabeth Hulings. They married on the Isle of Wight in 1883 and they had two children that died in infancy. They were wealthy Americans who owned the magnificent Villa Winslow in Cannes during the 1890s and were friends with aristocrats and royals from all over the world. Mary was a great beauty and had by family tradition once been a mistress of the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII.

Size: 13 x 10 cm approx

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Country of Origin: Italy

Royal: Italy

To Commemorate: Travel

Type: Calling Cards

Royalty: Italy

Year: 1892

Theme: Royalty

Features: Antique

Vintage: Yes

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