Rare Hunt and Sons 1830s British Playing Cards, Heavy Stock, Clubs vintage Mexican and features a full head

and features a full head of pale bristles peppered with a few black ones

The box itself shows wear including some bending to the sides and bottom

carefully braided black thread hair

Early 20th century

I'm guessing from the signature on the bottom of this fantastic pottery bat vessel--KCL 10--that it was made in the 21st century

Rare Hunt and Sons 1830s British Playing Cards, Heavy Stock, Clubs vintage Mexican and features a full headGorgeous! I wish I had a complete deck of these Hunt & Sons c. 1830 British playing cards (a complete deck goes for $500 or so) but it's not surprising that over the past nearly 200 years some have been lost, so I've divided them into suits. All but the Ace of clubs is here. 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