17 or Glory, Skull and Crossbones Antique English Single Playing Card old metal caddy dense on the front and

dense on the front and sparser on the reverse

This one--labeled "G" in what surely was a whole series--makes me think he had tired of the textile designing exercise by this point

A pretty pair of pale gray stone obelisks

and other than some dryness is in very good condition still

8" l x 2" w x 3/8" d

17 or Glory, Skull and Crossbones Antique English Single Playing Card old metal caddy dense on the front andThe "17 or Glory" on this back of this antique British playing card refers to the 17th Lancers, a cavalry regiment of the British Army, who must at some point have been commemorated with their own deck of cards. The 17th Lancers were raised in 1759 for its participation in the Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War, went on to fight in the American Revolutionary War, the Napoleonic Wars, etc. I am not certain the age of this card, but