Handmade Russian Prison Playing Cards, Complete 32 Card Deck carved box 3 1/4" long when closed

3 1/4" long when closed

Easy to hang on the wall from the string at top

whose school history is tracked through this lot of 18 report cards

but also hung on the wall

yielding a to my eye an ideal surface--scraped

Handmade Russian Prison Playing Cards, Complete 32 Card Deck carved box 3 1/4" long when closedI learned about the existence of Russian prison playing cards from Eric Oglander at tihngs, who has sold a few decks, and I wanted to hold a deck in my hands. They're pretty amazing. This complete 32 card deck plus two blanks came straight from Russian, and I know from the seller that they were made in IK 19 prison in Kazan in 2010. These, from what I understand, were not made by prisoners to sell, but rather are made as a single deck to use inside,