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Lot 2171
Faux Book Tantalus and Playing Card Box
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
The tantalus in the form of four stacked leather bound books and disguising two small decanters and five shot glasses (5.5 x 8.75 x 5.5 in.) (some rubbing to edges); and the playing cards concealed within a book form box with the binding reading Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen, with two sealed playing card decks (6 x 4.5 in.) (minor rubbing).

The B.R. Bacon Collection, Raleigh, NC