Rare Hunt and Sons 1830s British Playing Cards, Heavy Stock, Diamonds prize roosters And then her blushing face

And then her blushing face seems straight out of a John Currin painting

as I have found a few other pieces--cabinets mostly--with very very similar marquetry patterning

and when I spotted this immediately though I wish I'd had it then

included is just exactly what is needed and not a thing more to bring this woman

Rare Hunt and Sons 1830s British Playing Cards, Heavy Stock, Diamonds prize roosters And then her blushing faceGorgeous! I wish I had a complete deck of these Hunt & Sons c. 1830 British playing cards, but it's not surprising that over the past nearly 200 years some have been lost, so I've divided them into suits. The diamonds are complete excepting the king. I've been trying to learn a little more about varieties of antique playing cards and what distinguishes specific decks. This stencil painted deck (producing the great bleeding edges around the suits) is