Fabulous 1930s Carreras Palmistry Cigarette Cards, Complete Set of 50, Near Mint folk art metal insect but who knows

but who knows

I really love little things that feel like prompts for imagining whole lives and worlds

along with several other beautiful Burmese boxes

I believe likely this was meant to hold a few matches

and darning samplers

Fabulous 1930s Carreras Palmistry Cigarette Cards, Complete Set of 50, Near Mint folk art metal insect but who knowsSo excellent. I do tend to look at old cigarette cards when I come across them, but I'd never seen a palmistry set before, and I think they're the best set ever made! C. 1930s, produced for Carreras Ltd. "High Class Cigarettes," whose factory was located at Arcadia Works in Camden, London. Cigarette cards originated in the late 19th century as unprinted cardboard "stiffeners" inserted into paper cigarette packets, but quickly morphed into highly