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

paintbrush and palette in hand

Measuring 3 1/4" tall with a 2 1/2" radius

but I am not sure the name of the artist

Schratter emigrated to the US in 1940

perhaps in front of a fire

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