Framed Pair French Uncut Engraved Playing Cards 19th Century Jeu Grotesque

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Rare Fabulous PAIR Engraved and Hand Colored French Mid 19th Century Uncut Playing Cards
One features Napoleon’s
Game of Flags … Read more Rare Fabulous PAIR Engraved and Hand Colored French Mid 19th Century Uncut Playing Cards
One features Napoleon’s
Game of Flags “Jeu des Drapeaux”. (22.5” x 17.5”)
The other features grotesque caricatures with double faces “Jeu Grotesque”. (20.5” x 16.5”)
32 Cards on Each. Card symbols worked into designs.
Very nicely framed in wooden gilt frames and glass with ivory linen matting.

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