Late 19th /Early 20th. C. Happy Families Cards, Complete Deck cut paper Paint loss and some rusting

Paint loss and some rusting as evident

which not everyone has) but it seemed most respectful to their original maker to try to keep them together

Just wonderful

just one brass nail it appears missing on the lid

Paint loss

Late 19th /Early 20th. C. Happy Families Cards, Complete Deck cut paper Paint loss and some rustingSuch 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