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Colin Brand Antiques has dated this piece to the 1910s.
Rameses Fortune Telling Cards, c.1910
Rameses Fortune Telling Cards were manufactured by Chas. Goodall & Son Ltd, Camden Works, London, c.
The cards have fortune-telling interpretations printed at the top and bottom of each card, and are presented in a mock snakeskin box which includes an instruction leaflet explaining how to shuffle and lay out the cards for readings, plus a rough outline of the meaning of each card. The back depicts a double-ended Egyptian scene.
Many fortune-telling packs feature symbolic items on each card, such as clouds, a key, the sun, a coffin, and so on. Standard playing cards have been widely used for fortune-telling and over time the single cards in the pack have acquired certain fortune-telling meanings.
Colin Brand Antiques has dated this piece to the 1910s.
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The Rameses Fortune Telling Cards
