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Antique 1800’s METAMORPHOSES paper Game Complete Cond. Very Rare Ephemera
The image shows a vintage 19th-century Metamorphoses transformation game or flip-card booklet featuring a harlequin or clown illustration on a green and red background.
Key Details
• Type: 19th-century paper toy, transformation card game, or flip-booklet (often referred to as a Harlequinade or slice book).
• Design: Features a hand-colored or chromolithographed comic/caricature figure of a harlequin or clown holding playing cards.
• Origin/Age: Typically dates from the mid-to-late 1800s (c. 1850–1880s), where children could flip or mix sections of the cards to create comical combinations of bodies and characters
