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Card Deck

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Collection Type

  • Toys and games

Date

1874-1899

GUSN

GUSN-72631

Description

Wht, brown, gold; rectangular box, floral pattern; card with statue of fortuna

Details

Descriptive Terms

playing cards
cardboard
allegory (artistic device)
flowers (plants)
floral patterns
Cardboard
Flower
Allegory
DECK, CARD

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Wust, C. L. (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Frankfurt, Germany

Dimensions

3 x 2 x 0.75 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.3167.2

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