Very Much Loved and Very Charming c. 1920s Language Learning Picture Cards antique Japanese sake bottle The paper tag pinned to

The paper tag pinned to her dress is partially torn

maybe occasionally jotting a few references to a lesson

We hope the same you'll not refuse

with no chips or cracks

which may have been the vehicle through which this piece was sold

Very Much Loved and Very Charming c. 1920s Language Learning Picture Cards antique Japanese sake bottle The paper tag pinned toI don't know who produced these and can't find another set out there, but the excellent graphics on them remind me somewhat of old Teulia Fortune Telling Cards from the early 1920s, of which I've had a few decks, and I'd bet these date to about then. And someone(s) certainly loved them expanding their vocabulary in four directions, with English, French, Spanish and Italian words for the pictured object around the perimeter of each card. A couple show