CARD CASE AND VISITING CARD, SEPTIMUS BURT

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c. 1870

Overview

Visiting card case with one visiting card used by Septimus Burt.
a) Black leather card case, with light brown leather and light brown grosgrain textile interior. Two small pockets one side and larger pocket the other. Textile is split and shredding at fold point,
b) One white visiting card printed on one side in cursive font: 'Mr. Septimus Burt. / Perth, Western Australia'.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-46-1976.75a,b

Item type

Objects

Material

Textiles

Contextual information

The visiting card and case are representative of a social convention which was popular in European countries and colonies during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Calling in to see someone and leaving your card as evidence you had been there, enabled a person to form and maintain business and personal relationships.
The case and card are typical examples of their type; their historic value lies in their association with a prominent member of the Western Australian legal community, Septimus Burt. Condition is fair.

The Honourable Septimus Burt KC (1847-1919), son of Sir Archibald Paull Burt, was born in St Kitts Island (formerly known as St Christopher in the West Indies) and came to Western Australia in 1861. S Burt became a prominent lawyer, politician and grazier. His political work was central to the achievement and development of the Western Australian constitution as the first Attorney General after self-government was achieved. The Hon Septimus Burt rejected knighthood and offers to be a Supreme Court Judge.

Keywords

Burt, Septimus

Year

c. 1870

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Comparative significance criteria

Rare or representative

Last modified

Saturday, 21 June, 2025

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