c. 1850s-60s Transformation Card, Two of Spades handthrown vessel decorating the top corners as

decorating the top corners as well

I would guess mid 19th century

The smaller measures 3 3/4" tall x 3 3/4" widest

(Another example I found  online appears to have sold for just shy of $400

very good condition with a beautiful patina and I believe quite a bit of age

c. 1850s-60s Transformation Card, Two of Spades handthrown vessel decorating the top corners asThis c. 1850s 60s transformation card looks very much as if hand drawn in ink, but I think must be printed, because I've found documentation of a few decks out there produced by Maclure, McDonald and Macgregor, Manchester, England, that feature it. Incorporating the pips on playing cards into characters and scenarios, transformation cards first emerged in the very early 1800s in Europe, as the standard form for playing cards had become fixed, and