Wax stamp made by W.H. LYON - Newburgh, NY, Active 1890-1920.
Engraved on silver-colored metal band is "E. Case 987 willson ave", which is the address of Eckstein Case in Cleveland Ohio.
Unsure who the VPC stamp, meaning V first, C middle, P last name was, possibly a family member or was used at at his place of work or the Rowfant club, the Case School of Applied Science. Probably from the 1890-1900 time frame.
The following information was found on this prominent person:
Eckstein Case
BIRTH 9 Jul 1858
Carlyle, Clinton County, Illinois, USA
DEATH 20 Dec 1944 (aged 86)
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
BURIAL
Carlyle Cemetery
Carlyle, Clinton County, Illinois,USA
Case, Eckstein; sec’y and treas. Case School of Applied Science; born, Carlyle, Ill., July 9, 1858; educated public schools in 1878; entered United States Military Academy, at West Point; two years there; in 1881, came to Cleveland; studied law under the direction of Judge J. E. Ingersoll and Judge Rufus P. Ranney; entered law department, University of Michigan, graduating in 1883; admitted to the bar, but never engaged in active practice; member of school council 1903 to 1905; member Rowfant and University Clubs; and Masonic Fraternity; Republican, five years member of the executive committee of the Municipal Ass’n.
The Case School of Applied Science was founded in 1880 in the city of Cleveland, in part through the donations of local businessman Leonard Case. Most colleges and universities in the nineteenth century were devoted to the concept of a liberal arts education. The Case School of Applied Science was only the fourth American institution of higher learning to focus on a technical education, and the first such school to be located west of the Appalachian Mountains.
The ROWFANT CLUB (1892), located at 3028 Prospect Ave. is an association founded 29 Feb. 1892, whose members are interested in "primarily the critical study of books in their various capacities to please the mind of man." Membership is by invitation.