Chas Goodall & Son "Tom Thumb" Miniature Playing Cards, Late 19th Century modern black and brown lacquer

black and brown lacquer

I just think it’s completely charming

beaded pieces and textiles

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Chas Goodall & Son "Tom Thumb" Miniature Playing Cards, Late 19th Century modern black and brown lacquerI found a matching deck of these cards in the online collection of the British Museum, so know for sure they date to the late 1800s and of course the British Museum should have them, as they are pretty special! They have all my favorite playing card attributes square corners, no indices, and a little bleeding around the red and black edges on the pips all at a miniature scale (cards measure 1 1 4" x 1 3 4".) This is a pretty rare deck from what I've