Danse Macabre Antique French Hand-drawn Postcard antique game board and often also then converted

and often also then converted into puppets for use re-enacting the operas

complete with bags underneath

I think it would be absolutely the perfect thing in a cabin owned by a family whose last name started with a T

I think perhaps it was used for display in a cobbler's shop

Stamped 104 on the underside

Danse Macabre Antique French Hand-drawn Postcard antique game board and often also then convertedI think the self referential pen and ink drawing on this antique French postcard is pretty fabulous, with its maker portraying himself legs up inside of the ink bottle, driven there by an army of dancing, smiling ink pens on the attack. At the center, tucked under the ink bottle, is a postcard within the postcard, locating him in Grenoble and describing the scene to his dear niece as a Danse Macabre. As a perfect final touch, he has drawn a caricature