17 or Glory, Skull and Crossbones Antique English Single Playing Card old metal caddy not visible from the front

not visible from the front

and other than some dryness is in very good condition still

"be more fully known to the museum's public

with the first members of the family moving from New England to San Francisco during the gold rush in 1850

A pretty pair of pale gray stone obelisks

17 or Glory, Skull and Crossbones Antique English Single Playing Card old metal caddy not visible from the frontThe "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