Early 19th Century Hand-drawn "Mexico" Eight of Clubs Geographical Playing Card hand-painted cast iron Sheet size 8" x 5

Sheet size 8" x 5 3/4"

From curls to cuffs to silhouettes

4 1/4" l x 3 1/2" t x 5/8" thick

a few drawings of houses including one labeled "the House that Harvey built"

7 7/8" l x 4" tall

Early 19th Century Hand-drawn "Mexico" Eight of Clubs Geographical Playing Card hand-painted cast iron Sheet size 8" x 5Quite a special one I think! I purchased this from a seller in England, who cited it as a single from a very rare, really wonderful deck of Charles Hodges Geographical Playing Cards, produced by Stopforth & Sons, London, circa 1827. (Featuring 52 cards in 4 suits, with each suit corresponding to a continent, the ace of each suit bearing a continent map, the two through ten featuring maps of countries or regions, and the court cards bearing images of