Late 19th /Early 20th. C. Happy Families Cards, Complete Deck cut paper (An almost exact likeness of

(An almost exact likeness of this one is listed on First Dibs at $1200)

just one brass nail it appears missing on the lid

Just wonderful

a man playing a horn

Late 19th /Early 20th. C. Happy Families Cards, Complete Deck cut paper (An almost exact likeness ofSuch fun weirdness. And so British. Happy Families is a card game first published in in the 1851, just before the Great Exhibition, invented by John Jaques Jr (also credited with popularizing tiddlywinks, snakes and ladders and ludo), with illustrations attributed to Victorian illustrator Sir John Tenniel. This particular deck, complete with 48 cards, I believe dates to the late 19th first decade 20th c. It features those original illustrations (plus