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  • Dec 7, 2011, 12:47 PM
    dsilvanu
    Whiting & Davies gold mesh card holder - rare/vintage?
    I am fully aware that Whiting & Davies is well-known for their gold mesh products especially in handbags and purses. However. I tried searching the internet for a gold mesh card holder which I recently bought at a second-hand store to verify but with no success. Inside this card-holder there was a white paper label of Whiting & Davies label. It's like a very slim rectangular compact with the gold mesh at the top lid only. Is it rare and vintage? Can anyone shed some light here? Thanks.
  • Dec 7, 2011, 01:19 PM
    aliseaodo
    (I have one of their purses - it belonged to my Grandmother, its lovely!) - I'm having a hard time picturing what you purchased, is there any way you can post a picture?

    I looked around a bit on-line, - is it possible that you bought a Whiting and Davis wallet? - take a look here, do any of these match what you purchased?
    http://www.thefind.com/apparel/brows...is-mesh-wallet
  • Dec 8, 2011, 04:51 AM
    dsilvanu
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    Thanks for your reply. As requested, I am attaching some images of the gold-mesh card-holder. Sorry if my images are not sharp but just to let you know that at the hinges, there is some rust but overall the crad-holder is in excellent condition.
    Hope you can confirm if this is truly a vintage Whiting & Davies product.
  • Dec 8, 2011, 10:08 AM
    aliseaodo
    I am not an expert on Whiting and Davis. I simply have one of their purses, and love it! The best way (I think.. ) to know for sure if your item is from Whiting and Davis, would be to contact them. Here is some contact info for you:
    W&D: Contact
    Good luck!
  • Dec 9, 2011, 03:23 PM
    dsilvanu
    Really thankful for your help in pointing me to contact the Whiting & Davies company for further assistance with my card-holder. It's confirmed that it's truly one of their products. They manufactured this business gold-mesh card-holders from the 1980's to 1997. Also I forgot to mention that I bought this together with a Whiting & Davies gold-mesh key holder which carries the same label. Overlooked to ask the price that it was originally sold. Sigh!
  • Dec 12, 2011, 10:11 AM
    aliseaodo
    Interesting, good job!

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