1850-60s Hornet, Sutton & Co., Clipper Ship Card. 3 1/8 X 5 ¼ inches green enamel card depicting bee hive at top and clipper ship in bronze with matching frame advertising "The magnificent A 1 New York built clipper ship", some edgewear, the 

Hornet was built in 1851 and burned in 1866 on her way to California while carrying candles and oil, the captain's lifeboat was the only one to survive, it reached Hawaii 43 days later where survivors were interviewed by Mark Twain who was in Hawaii as a special correspondent, EX RISVOLD.