Complete Deck #2 of Antique French Gatteaux Playing Cards, 1890 oil on board landscape to wear it is to

to wear it is to feel like a superstar

with the central image including several vignettes occurring in a shop of some sort accompanied by the phrase "Keep Thy Shop and Thy Shop Will Keep Thee" (another reason why this one won me

hard like glass

A little research tells me that 500 is a trump taking game related to euchre and bridge

or just propped somewhere

Complete Deck #2 of Antique French Gatteaux Playing Cards, 1890 oil on board landscape to wear it is toThis is the second of two decks of lovely antique French Gatteaux playing cards I recently purchased from a seller in France, stamped 1890. Stenciled coloration, no indices, and barely rounded corners, with the Jack of Clubs featuring the Gatteaux mark on shield, the Ace of Clubs featuring a 1890 tax stamp, and pips showing pretty paper watermarks. This deck has plain backs of a pretty cornflower blue, and show a little bit of curling so I'm pricing