Large Vintage Monarch Straight Pin Roll double deck playing cards More about Bluteau and additional

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Large Vintage Monarch Straight Pin Roll double deck playing cards More about Bluteau and additionalThis is the second roll of straight pins I've had in the shop a beautiful readymade if I ever saw one! I'm always eying antique pin cushions, too, where someone's name or a message was painstakingly spelled out in pin heads, which makes this feel like a big roll of decorative potential to me. This roll was wade by Monarch, c. 1950s or so, and though it's certainly lost a few, it looks like most of the original 5000 remain! 5 5 8" in diameter including