Rare c. 1880s Palmer Cox Brownies Matching Game Cards (Partial Set) wooden captains (There is a stray hair

(There is a stray hair not a flaw in a few of the photos

The case is in good shape but the brass clasp does not lock tight

4 1/2" across where handle meets brush

so might treat it as a political poster to hang

The thumb press is surrounded by a sort of gray canvas material that is still both pliable and completely sound without holes or cracks

Rare c. 1880s Palmer Cox Brownies Matching Game Cards (Partial Set) wooden captains (There is a stray hairThese seem to be quite the rare cards; I have only found one reference to them out there, from a baseball card afficionado relative to the two baseball player depictions included! Certainly there is a fair amount of material out there featuring the Brownies imaginary sprites invented by Canadian author and illustrator Palmer Cox, apparently based on Celtic mythology and highland Scottish tales told to Cox by his grandmother but these I believe are