C. 1850s-70s French No Indices, Stencil Colored Playing Cards, Complete 52 Deck sporting paintbrush and palette in hand

paintbrush and palette in hand

and what look to be the initials SM

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

Schratter emigrated to the US in 1940

S long ago

C. 1850s-70s French No Indices, Stencil Colored Playing Cards, Complete 52 Deck sporting paintbrush and palette in handIt'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