Chas Goodall & Son "Tom Thumb" Miniature Playing Cards, Late 19th Century modern beaded pieces and textiles

beaded pieces and textiles

black and brown lacquer

I am not sure the maker of this pair as I have not found their exact match

5" tall x 16" long

and this is an especially lovely one

Chas Goodall & Son "Tom Thumb" Miniature Playing Cards, Late 19th Century modern beaded pieces and textilesI found a matching deck of these cards in the online collection of the British Museum, so know for sure they date to the late 1800s and of course the British Museum should have them, as they are pretty special! They have all my favorite playing card attributes square corners, no indices, and a little bleeding around the red and black edges on the pips all at a miniature scale (cards measure 1 1 4" x 1 3 4".) This is a pretty rare deck from what I've