C. 1850s-70s French No Indices, Stencil Colored Playing Cards, Complete 52 Deck sporting A few nails and some

A few nails and some tape hold the mirror in place

paintbrush and palette in hand

one split on the right side of the chest

but I am not sure the name of the artist

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

C. 1850s-70s French No Indices, Stencil Colored Playing Cards, Complete 52 Deck sporting A few nails and someIt'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