C. 1850s-70s French No Indices, Stencil Colored Playing Cards, Complete 52 Deck lidded urn I love how much the

I love how much the effort that went into making this guy shows

bright white with rusty orange-red lids that feature a ripple design that gives them a Japanese sensibility

I would be willing to bet is an early German folk art Noah's Arc

and wonderfully wild bouquet of roses she holds

as is the bleed from the neat row of fat iron nails down the seam

C. 1850s-70s French No Indices, Stencil Colored Playing Cards, Complete 52 Deck lidded urn I love how much theIt'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