Folky Homemade Bookshelf with Carved Squirrels clever drawings complete deck of 32 Piatnik

complete deck of 32  Piatnik & Söhne “Sehr Feine Aufschlagkarten” fortune telling cards

giving "my girl" a certain elusiveness

but in fact these men on horseback are playing "Chaugan

They measure 3 1/2" in diameter and 1 1/8" tall and are in very good vintage condition

just a couple of other examples of his work—but what a lovely little quail I think this is

Folky Homemade Bookshelf with Carved Squirrels clever drawings complete deck of 32 PiatnikI found this one at Brimfield in the booth of a delightful seller who always has charming things; it was filled end to end with a bunch of old children's books, but happily she was willing to relocate those into a big pile and let me steal the shelf away, as I'm pretty smitten with these squirrels! Made with lots of love I'd bet by a parent or grandparent as a gift for a young child in the 1940s or 50s, with mellow gold paint on the exterior of the