Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 4th July 2024
Lot 481
SIX GERMAN HAND-COLOURED FORTUNE-TELLING CARDS
Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £189
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Description
SIX GERMAN HAND-COLOURED FORTUNE-TELLING CARDS
LATE 18TH CENTURY
depicting figures and scenes beneath playing card designs, framed, together with a French pen and ink design for a 'transformation' Ten of Hearts card, mid-19th century, framed (2)
27 x 27cm frame size (max)
Provenance
German Fortune Telling Cards - a note verso states 'Bought Stanley Gibbons 7.79 £40'.
'Transformation' design - paperwork accompanying this items states 'Sothebys, 28 July 1981, lot 189 (part), bought by Stanley Gibbons £450', from whom purchased by the current vendor.