Set of Eight 1830s British Hand-colored Woodblock Riddle Cards antique CDV the matte white slip glaze

the matte white slip glaze

if this were a different sort of sampler they might feel detracting

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but this one I find just right

Set of Eight 1830s British Hand-colored Woodblock Riddle Cards antique CDV the matte white slip glazeI love a riddle and thought (think) these riddle cards are just terrific looking, c. 1830s British, woodblock printed with hand painted watercolor eight from what I believe was originally a set of twelve, extremely rare. Of course I am not smart enough to solve them, but surely there is someone out there who can! It seems to me there are several layers of clues in each the imagery itself pointing to a solution, and the text doing it another way. (For