Teuila 1923 Fortune Telling Cards, Complete Deck of 45 with Instructions antique map The lattice pattern was hand-painted

The lattice pattern was hand-painted

If not to be used as a palette

and with these spindly nail legs making it seem as if it might scurry away

with beautiful aging to the dry wood

are wonderfully irregular

Teuila 1923 Fortune Telling Cards, Complete Deck of 45 with Instructions antique map The lattice pattern was hand-paintedI've had a couple decks of these in the shop, and will continue to grab them when I find them as I think they're are really fabulous. There are reproduction decks of these out there but these are the originals, fairly rare, produced by The US Playing Card Co, Cincinnati in 1923. The deck features 45 cards with wonderful graphics, 6 of them representing people (dark man, fair woman, etc.) and the rest symbolizing all manner of attributes and