C. 1850s-70s French No Indices, Stencil Colored Playing Cards, Complete 52 Deck sporting Great on the desk or

Great on the desk or anywhere

paintbrush and palette in hand

He was also an accomplished self-taught banjo and fiddle player

There is loss to one edge of the glass but it doesn't show from the front

perhaps in front of a fire

C. 1850s-70s French No Indices, Stencil Colored Playing Cards, Complete 52 Deck sporting Great on the desk orIt'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