The Illustrated French Game, Very Scarce and Lovely Rummy Type Antique French Vocabulary Game box with birds Painting mostly with house paint

Painting mostly with house paint on plywood or cardboard

surely with the notion that the air from a squeeze should set it turning

I think it is the doodles inside the pages of old books that feel most immediate and full of life to me--like small

Heinrichsen is credited with popularizing the "Nuremberg scale" for flat lead figures

The Illustrated French Game, Very Scarce and Lovely Rummy Type Antique French Vocabulary Game box with birds Painting mostly with house paintI'd never seen a set of these cards before, produced by R. H Davis & Co, Yarmouth Nova Scotia early 1900s I'm sure, though I can't find another deck out there anywhere. They're really lovely, and make for an excellent way to learn or practice one's French vocab ( animals, vegetables, items of clothing, serving ware, etc.) while playing a rummy type game. Box 3 1 2" x 2 1 4" x 1". Complete deck of 60 cards, in excellent condition.