Professor Heller's Magic Trick Cards, c. 1870s, Extremely Rare carved mother of pearl game token I've found a few other

I've found a few other old French hand-painted souvenir boxes

approx 4 3/4" across with handle

I don't know a lot about this doll

An interactive dial allows one to scroll through the codes or flag positions that correspond to each letter of the alphabet

and the overall wear to the wood suggests it served him long and well

Professor Heller's Magic Trick Cards, c. 1870s, Extremely Rare carved mother of pearl game token I've found a few otherYou know how much I love antique square corner no indices playing cards, so you can imagine how excited I was to find these antique magic trick cards! Even cooler to learn about the fascinating life of "Professor" Robert Heller (born William Henry Palmer; 18261878) the English magician, mentalist and musician who devised these (more about him below) and to find no other sets of these trick cards anywhere out there, at least that I can see. When