Guest Blogger Melissa: Vintage French Playing Cards

I found these playing cards at a little shop in San Francisco called Gypsy Honeymoon years ago.  I have no idea how old they are, but I would guess late 1800’s??  They had never been opened when I bought them.  This is the paper they came wrapped in:

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It was just too gorgeous to throw away.  (And I actually had a really hard time even opening the deck.  They were exquisite with the wrap on!)

The cards are not a traditional deck- no numbers, queens named
Rachel and kings named Charles!  Odd.  I am absolutely enamored with
them, though.

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