I think someone had a lousy hand and chucked their cards out of the window. On the front of one of these cards, there is bound to be a joker and he will undoubtedly be clutching a “marotte”: ‘A baton carried by a fool or jester as a mock emblem of office; = bauble n. 4. Now hist.’, (OED).
Day #46 of the second 365 project, where the daily pic is informed by the OED word of the day.