January 2, 2024
Aesthetic Movement Repousse Card Receiver / James Tufts
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Quadruple plate American Victorian calling card receiver as produced by James W. Tufts of Boston, Massachusetts sometime during the 1880's. James Tufts began as a company that produced silverplate soda fountains & parts and later made high quality holloware that reflected the elaborate decoration of the soda fountains. The company was out of business by 1915. Card receivers were popular items during the Victorian era before telephones and mass communications. Every upwardly mobile household was likely to have at least one in the foyer to receive the numerous cards personally delivered daily by friends and others wishing to be in touch. T was a whole ritualized method of delivering calling cards that sent a particular message to the intended by folding certain corners to express sympathy, "sorry I missed you", etc. This particular card receiver is a hand-hammered oval-shaped platform with curled ends. At the center is a repousse parrot perched on a branch surrounded by exotic foliage and blossoms. The beautifully detailed parrot is gold washed and all surface decoration is completely done by hand, not a stamped item. The card platform rests on four ball shaped legs. This piece has a very simple Japonesque appearance which was very popular during the Aesthetic Movement of the 1880's. A hand-drawn illustration from an 1880's James Tufts
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