Ten of Stars, Civil War Union Playing Card (Type Two), 1863 steel calipers Each drawing/painting is of a

Each drawing/painting is of a  landscape view framed by an oval border

I spotted this in a case at Brimfield in July

but this is the earliest wooden parquetry set I have come across

I don't think it is especially old but quite nicely done and certainly not made yesterday

Ten of Stars, Civil War Union Playing Card (Type Two), 1863 steel calipers Each drawing/painting is of aI've been thinking a lot about American history especially of late. I am currently in the middle of Ken Burns' series The American Revolution, which has had me better understanding how much the revolutionary period was as much a series of civil wars in this country as it was a war against England, and also about how inevitable The Civil War itself seems in retrospect, with tensions over slavery, and between regions, there from the very beginning.