Collection Highlights
Batter pitcher
1798
1937.587
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
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Madame Morrow's Fortune Telling Cards
Title
Madame Morrow's Fortune Telling Cards
Object name
Card game
Date
1886
Medium
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions
box: 1 x 6 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 15.9 x 11.4 cm )
Description
"Madame Morrow's Fortune Telling Cards" card game with 36 playing cards and an instruction sheet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover lithographed with a seated woman surrounded by a group of dwarfs; box cover inscribed, "MADAME MORROW'S/ FORTUNE TELLING/ CARDS".
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.307
Marks
lithogrphed: on the box cover: "MADAME MORROW'S/ FORTUNE TELLING/ CARDS"
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