C. 1850s-70s French No Indices, Stencil Colored Playing Cards, Complete 52 Deck lidded urn most often wooden things

most often wooden things

sometimes tool caddies

The nose and horns are carved from separate pieces of wood and have been inserted like plugs

beautiful old handmade boat could use a proper stand

what a lot of demands this fellow carries on his back

C. 1850s-70s French No Indices, Stencil Colored Playing Cards, Complete 52 Deck lidded urn most often wooden thingsIt's been a while since I found a great deck of antique playing cards, so was glad to discover these on a loop through New Hampshire the other day. This is a complete 52 card deck, unmarked, but based on the style and names on the face cards I know they are French, and I believe produced by Grimaud sometime between 1855 1875. With square corners, once can see that the trimming (these would have been cut from a large sheet) is a bit irregular, and that