c. 1850s-60s Transformation Card, Two of Spades iron hanger a bit like the illumination

a bit like the illumination of knowledge itself

which is in great shape

I'm thinking this very sweet cigar box on wheels might have been made by a parent or grandparent long ago as part of a traveling circus set

When I first saw one of these antique French leather doll bodies--to which a bisque head and arms would be attached--I thought it was am extraordinarily constructed

I do find the aesthetics of boxing extremely powerful

c. 1850s-60s Transformation Card, Two of Spades iron hanger a bit like the illuminationThis c. 1850s 60s transformation card looks very much as if hand drawn in ink, but I think must be printed, because I've found documentation of a few decks out there produced by Maclure, McDonald and Macgregor, Manchester, England, that feature it. Incorporating the pips on playing cards into characters and scenarios, transformation cards first emerged in the very early 1800s in Europe, as the standard form for playing cards had become fixed, and