Antique Purgatorial Society MemorialThe first one of these I had sold in a flash: Then my picker came back to me and said, Oh, you liked that? You want another one? This second piece has the identical illustration and is from the same family, but for a different person. Its a memorial for a loved one who died and enrollment certificate for the Purgatorian Society. This is a Roman Catholic organization that aims to help souls stuck in purgatory (a concept unique to Catholics) through

no earlier than 1830s

Refer to photos for size and condition: Good with a small chip to the top of the cross on one side

The hand is made of heavy cast iron & painted gold

and the cards always feature my favorite memorial motifs: Weeping willows

The figure is heavily embossed

or an incense burner

There is some dirt from age on the inside of the glass

Classic retelling of the Arthurian legends by children’s author and University of Chicago professor Maude L

This deck dates to the 1970s and is in very good condition with some signs of handling and use over the decades

I think there would have been an additional figure

dressed and undressed

marginal illustrations in red by “Anthony Amour