C. 1850s-70s French No Indices, Stencil Colored Playing Cards, Complete 52 Deck unusual pen While absolutely poised to serve

While absolutely poised to serve again as a stool

but I have never ever seen another of this particular set

variations on a theme becoming in a sense portraits of their makers

9 7/8” l x 3 1/2” x 3 1/4” and in excellent

C. 1850s-70s French No Indices, Stencil Colored Playing Cards, Complete 52 Deck unusual pen While absolutely poised to serveIt'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