Professor Heller's Magic Trick Cards, c. 1870s, Extremely Rare carved mother of pearl game token I've found a few other

I've found a few other old French hand-painted souvenir boxes

approx 4 3/4" across with handle

and the overall wear to the wood suggests it served him long and well

I don't know a lot about this doll

Professor Heller's Magic Trick Cards, c. 1870s, Extremely Rare carved mother of pearl game token I've found a few otherYou know how much I love antique square corner no indices playing cards, so you can imagine how excited I was to find these antique magic trick cards! Even cooler to learn about the fascinating life of "Professor" Robert Heller (born William Henry Palmer; 18261878) the English magician, mentalist and musician who devised these (more about him below) and to find no other sets of these trick cards anywhere out there, at least that I can see. When