Lenormand ... 1813?

kwaw

Clearly not the Game of Hope pack -- but the BM describes it as a 36 card Lenormand pack, and dates it to 1813 (the date is on the house card) :

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kwaw

They have two copies, here is the other:

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(The two male friends seen very friendly!)

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kwaw

Here is another deck they describe as an early 19th century Lenormand:

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kwaw

A more familiar "Lenormand", late 19th century:

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lightpers

Gorgeous findings you have there, the first to third post that you posted might not be Lenormand but gypsy fortune telling cards, very similar to Sibilla style or Piatnik Zigeuner Washargekarten, absolutely gorgeous!!
 

Aster Breo

Where did you find these?
 

reall

Gorgeous findings you have there, the first to third post that you posted might not be Lenormand but gypsy fortune telling cards, very similar to Sibilla style or Piatnik Zigeuner Washargekarten, absolutely gorgeous!!
agree!:)) and it may be kipper as well cuz it's German deck!:))
 

Padma

That was my first thought too - looks like the Sibella deck...Lenormand doesn't have a house on fire, nor a Living Room card, nor illness card, nor the fortune card (man fishing in river). They are very striking images, though! Where did you find them, Kwaw?
 

kwaw

They are all a part of the British Museum collection: a few more -

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