Antique French Hand-Colored No Indices Playing Card Deck with 1853 Mark, 51 Cards clock movement 75ʺ diameter × 5

75ʺ diameter × 5

though I'm not totally sure that were all made by the same person as the painting is more precise on some than others--all to the good I think

large enough to hold anything and everything

Age toning from a prior mat

Antique French Hand-Colored No Indices Playing Card Deck with 1853 Mark, 51 Cards clock movement 75ʺ diameter × 5It's been a long time since I've found a beautiful 19th century deck of cards, despite looking for them all of the time. This one is missing one card the seven of clubs but more than makes up for it I think with the unusual Jack of Hearts, which shows a unique error in coloration the red is much darker than the rest but was kept in the deck anyway! There is an 1853 Gatteaux duty mark on the Jack of Clubs but no addition duty stamp, meaning this deck