Pair of 19th C. Hand-colored Reward of Merits with Birds vintage folk art dog but I bought them just

but I bought them just because I think they're fantastic looking

and this one feels quite historically significant

and the sweet story of a Jacques and Marie escaping to the the beach on a hot July day in Paris

and then becoming popular in Germany as well--with decks comprised of 7s through to 10s

It would certainly sell me on a full-sized pair—nicely made

Pair of 19th C. Hand-colored Reward of Merits with Birds vintage folk art dog but I bought them justI would like to live in a world where handing out lovely rewards of merit for punctuality and good conduct and the like were de rigueur and so I try to to pick up particularly nice examples when I come across them! I like these two as a pair for the array of birds represented an owl and what looks to me like some bird of a prey on the top one, and an eagle on the other. Both hand colored, both dating to the mid 19th c I believe, and both presented