VERY RARE SINGLE,VINTAGE Jazaniah Ford,LAFAYETTE PLAYING CARD,ca. 1824.

Description

SINGLE VINTAGE Jazaniah Ford, [ca. 1824.] Playing Card.Good Condition "Used". Shipped with USPS First Class.This card is part of a 52 card pack,issued by Jazaniah Ford (1757-1832), the first playing-card manufacturer in the Boston area, who operated his business in Milton, Massachusetts from 1793 until his death. Ford based the cards on a pack he had issued in 1815 to honor the exploits of American naval hero Stephen Decatur, though he had the court cards re-engraved and replaced the portrait of Decatur on the Ace of Spades,which is on sale here,with one of Lafayette. This Ace is particularly appealing, with the portrait in a circular medallion with an emanating sunburst, accompanied by implements of war and surmounted by an American eagle bearing a sash with the phrase “American Manufacture,” all delicately colored in green and yellow.
No tears,some light sparse soiling,no creases or markings.