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Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards of The City of London 2001
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ENGLISH STANDARD PLAYING CARDS FROM 1829 TO 1901
MAKERS OF PLAYING CARDS INCLUDE GOODALL, HUNT,
De La Rue,
BANCKS BROTHERS, REYNOLDS,
WILLIS<
MARDON SON & HALL & CRESWICK
1890 Special Pack from the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards
Presentation Pack given to the lady guest at the Dinner in July 1890 at the Painters Hall.
Pack is made by Bancks Brothers, late Hunts – double ended with unturned court cards.
The backs show the Company Coat of Arms in Black and White drawing
Here present with the original red cloth card case showing the Company ‘logo’
plus a small facsimile of that night’s menu
The cards and box are as issued
REF: S1890
£450.00
Sealed Goodall Packs of Playing Cards
Tax Wrapped
KING HENRY
Postage at cost
REF: GKHTW
£40
Two sealed Goodall Packs of Playing Cards
Tax Wrapped
- Duplex - Round Cornered
Bezique, Ecarte, Piquet, Moguls
-Highlander Goodall Playing Cards
Bezique, Ecarte, Piquet,Euchre
This pack is slightly bowed
Postage at cost
REF: GDTW
£36
c1865 Bancks Brothers Double Ended Playing Cards
This deck of playing cards 2*(32/32) are double ended cards without indices
Unusual in that they appear to be made from a single ended pattern cut in half – rather than a new design
Courts are cruder in design than one would expect
Cards are in good condition – a little grubby through light use – blue amoeba style backs
First Class / Air Mail Postage: to UK – £4.45 / to Europe – £8.00 / to Other £10.95 Insurance is an additional £5.00 to any Country for the first £250.00 We combine postage and only charge our costs.
REF: CSB3893 _021
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1870 De La Rue Bezique Playing Cards
This consist of two packs of playing cards (32/32) identical backs with beautifully drawn pansies in purple, the other pack with a green background.
Courts are double ended, turned, no indices, square corners.
Cards are in good condition, lightly used – no damage.
First Class / Air Mail Postage: to UK – £4.45 / to Europe – £8.00 / to Other £10.95 Insurance is an additional £5.00 to any Country for the first £250.00 We combine postage and only charge our costs.
REF: CSB3890
£75.00
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c1880 De La Rue "Dexter" Harry' s patent Ivory Playing Cards
Tax Wrapped – 32/32 – yellow patterned backs
REF: CSB3566
£20.00
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c1935 Mardon Son & Hall
1935
Double Bezique Deck – both tax wrapped
Bezique Packs are 32 cards
Near Mint
REF: ap_a5_dbp
£10.00
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c1870/80 Bancks and Brothers small format playing cards (HB6)
With unusual coloring of turquoise / yellow / red turned double ended courts with plain slightly glossy backs
Cards are complete 52/52 and measure 54 cms by 83 cms (frame of courts measures 49 cms by 76 cms).
The Ace of Spades is cut very close to the lettering at the base – Interestingly the double ends are not mirror images of each other having small difference to features – ie size of noses and mouths
The suggestion is that these cards were used for Piquet but we are not sure why that would be and feel a form of Patience is more likely at this time
Condition is very good light use – no damage but slightly grubby on the glossy backs.
First Class / Air Mail Postage: to UK – £4.45 / to Europe – £8.00 / to Other £10.95 Insurance is an additional £5.00 to any Country for the first £250.00 We combine postage and only charge our costs.
REF: CSB4198_054
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C1870 Goodall Playing Cards
C1870 Goodall Playing Cards
These cards have square corners, unturned courts and no indices
Cards have been very lightly used.
Bezique Deck – 32 cards complete
REF: ap_a2_bp _04
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1885 WILLIS PLAYING CARDS MINIATURE INDEX PIPS
This piquet deck of playing cards (32/22) have interesting indices – they are mini pictures of cards in each corner.
Interestingly the mini court indices are full length courts but Willis appeared never to manufacture full length court cards
They produced these miniature indices on two different sets of cards – once with normal turned courts over the pip and this deck – which seemed to be produced a year later where the indices are turned and the pips placed in the other corner.
The backs are decorative with three smaller pictures almost like a postcards sent from a holiday –in pinks on blue
Complete 32/32 – Condition excellent/near mint
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1840-1855 De La Rue French Pips Single Court Playing Cards-Letter Press Printe
First Class / Air Mail Postage: to UK – £4.45 / to Europe – £8.00 / to Other £10.95 Insurance is an additional £5.00 to any Country for the first £250.00 We combine postage and only charge our costs.
REF: CSB4304_054
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Playing Cards by Hardy & Sons c1830/1835
52 Complete deck of cards with Hardy distinct standing courts with Old Frizzle Ace of Spades – Duty One Shilling.
The back are blue amoeba style.
The cards are well played with but no bends or tares – just surface dirt from use.
REF: HARDY_SC_052
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Goodall Crimea War Playing Cards c1855
with Old Frizzle Ace
1855 Early Commemorative by Goodall & Co
Playing Cards marking the Crimea War
This is one of the earliest commemorative backed cards to be produced.
It shows the Crimean War
[ October 1853 to March 1856 ]
British and French troops shaking hands.
Square cornered standing courts featuring
Goodall's unusual Ace of Spades design
Jack of Clubs wearing the
"GOODALL AND SON" belt.
Cards have been played with
but have no tears or bends.
A scarce pack to find.
Postage at cost
REF: GCW_0011
Goodall & Son - London c1863-1865 Playing Cards
Standard Playing Cards made by
Goodall & Son, London.
Double ended turned courts
No indices
Ace of Spades is an adaption of the Old Frizzle Ace and is Goodall's second ace of spades.
Nice Patterend back.
Cards are in very good condition - complete 52/52
REF: GAS1863-051
c1837 Hunt & Sons Playing Cards Issued for Coronation Year
A piquet pack, full deck 32/32 cards.
Small size 56mm x 84mm with Old Frizzle Ace of Spades.
Jigsaw patterned backs.
The Court cards are of an earlier period and reflect the designs of Stopforth leading us to assume a celebration pack of cards Queen Victoria’s Coronation.
The cards have been exposed to damp but they are still as intact as they ever were with no separation.
There are a lot of surface marks, more evident on the pip cards given the rarity of this deck we adjudge the markings to be minor.
First Class / Air Mail Postage: to UK – £4.45 / to Europe – £8.00 / to Other £10.95 Insurance is an additional £5.00 to any Country for the first £250.00 We combine postage and only charge our costs.
REF: CSB5272 _004
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c1885 BANCKS BROTHERS DOUBLE ENDED PLAYING CARDS
This deck of playing cards (52/52) are without indices and have courts with an unusual colour and pattern – with a lot of turquoise in the design.
The cards have a floral style back – pinks on black
The cards are undamaged but dirty due to use – cleaning should be possibly with this type of soiling.
First Class / Air Mail Postage: to UK – £4.45 / to Europe – £8.00 / to Other £10.95 Insurance is an additional £5.00 to any Country for the first £250.00 We combine postage and only charge our costs.
REF: CSB3950 _002
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Thomas Creswick Playing Cards
with Standing Courts of unusual design - c 1835
This is the only know example of this design showing full standing court cards adorned in Royal Outfits.
The cards represent that period before the pips, on the court cards, were all on the same side!
52 cards in very good condition with Green Patterned Backs
Thomas Creswick was a printer and paste board maker from 1812 and was “by Special Appointment” supplier of Paper and Card to William IV in 1831.
He entered into the printing of Playing Card in July 1820 and registered a Duty Ace for domestic sales and one for Exportation.
This was the during the peak of heavy taxation on cards and must have represented a challenge for marketing against the established firms of Hunt, Hall etc.
There was great pressure from the London Playing Card makers to have the taxation lowered as sales had reduced and the influx of Foreign forgeries was hurting the trade.
!828 was a great step forward with tax being reduced and with the middling classes having more disposable income for the purchase of minor luxuries like Playing Cards.
Creswick broke from the conformity and comfort of the ‘English Standard” and produced a variety of standing court cards that certainly broke the mould. I doubt they were successful as very few survive.
REF: TC_0423
Great write up on Thomas Creswick to be found on Mark's excellent site
www.dondorf.co.uk
Another excellent write up on this innovative 19th Century Playing Card Maker - at
https://www.wopc.co.uk/blogs/ken-lodge/the-not-so-minor-cardmakers-of-the-19th-century-part-3
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