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

3 1/4" long when closed

yielding a to my eye an ideal surface--scraped

23 1/2" long x 5 3/4" widest x 7/8" deep

or anything else warding off the end

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,