Pair of c. 1890 Grand Jeu de Mlle Le Normand Tarot Cards - Sold Individually transferware and would just set it

and would just set it somewhere where I could pick it up

The NC LANE carved into one side of it made me do a little searching for the name

who I am guessing was this sailor's maker

The door holds closed just fine but not quite flush to the frame due to slight warping of the wood with age

then fits very snugly back into his nicely constructed old slide top box

Pair of c. 1890 Grand Jeu de Mlle Le Normand Tarot Cards - Sold Individually transferware and would just set itI wish I had a whole deck of these, which seem to sell for $1500 or so, but, alas, just two. The cards were created by renowned fortune teller Marie Anne Adelaide Lenormand and first published c. 1845, then subsequently published by B P Grimaud, with these cards (based on their backs) dating to about 1890. The pictures refer to Greek gods, myths, allegories (including alchemy) and legends, with the Trojan horse entering the gates of Troy the subject