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Altenburger Spiklkaetfabrik Schneider & co
Altenburger Spiklkaetfabrik Schneider & co
Heraldic backs c1900
36/36 original box makers name 10h
REF: R126_031
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c1865 Spanish Playing cards by GOMBAU y LABAD
This a pack of 52 Playing cards Double ended and French suited.
Hand painted and the court cards bear the usual name of French decks.
The King of Hearts [ Charles ] bears a central cartouche with makers name.
“FABRICA / DE GOMBAU Y LABAD / MADRID.
Cards are in good condition with the exception of the 3 of spades – which has been torn and badly restored.
Blue amoeba style backs.
Reference:
Fournier SPAIN 277
REF: F277_008
C1880 Four Continents Playing Cards by B Dondorf Frankfurt - Boxed
This is pack number 207 made in four different variants- this is variant number 3 c1880
52 cards complete – Chromolithography – excellent background and foreground images.
Square corners without indices. 94×64 mm
Makers name on Jack of clubs and each of the Aces.
The four continents are represented as below
Diamonds – depiction of 16th Century Germany
Clubs – America at the time of it’s discovery
Heart suit represents India and
Spades show the might Ottoman Empire.
Cards are in very good condition 8+/10 – no damage or markings
Box has some usage wear but is OK and intact
References:
Cary, Braun
REF: LS207-3_007
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12 Court Cards from a 1792 Pack of Playing Cards by Minot of Paris
This is an offer of the 12 Court cards from this 1792 issue of a revolutionary pack of playing cards by Minot of Paris.
[ Jeu de cartes au portrait de Paris révolutionnaire dit du type SVB ]
Woodblock printed and hand stencilled coloured.
Plain reverse
Good condition with a few issues – namely
JC some surface disturbances
QC surface disturbance to pip
JS worm hole between pip and face
[ Jeu de cartes au portrait de Paris révolutionnaire dit du type SVB ]
Woodblock printed and hand stencilled coloured.
Plain reverse
Good condition with a few issues – namely
JC some surface disturbances
QC surface disturbance to pip
JS worm hole between pip and face
Postage at cost
REF: Minot-008
6 Court Cards from a Revolutionary Pack of 1791-94
Anonymous maker of playing cards in Lyon 1791 -1794
Six Courts cards woodblock printed and stencilled coloured
Back eveidence evidence secondary use as teaching aid
Cards are in very good condition
Six Courts cards woodblock printed and stencilled coloured
Back eveidence evidence secondary use as teaching aid
Cards are in very good condition
Postage at cost
REF: lyon_006
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Fashion Plate Playing Cards - single figure playing cards c1850
The characters appear in elegant costumes - Victorian era.
The Jacks are evidently the workers in the households of the Man and Woman in each suit respectively.
The courts have lightly engraved backgrounds.
The Aces pips are surrounded by line drawn ornamental surrounds.
Engraved - Hand Coloured - stencilled pips.
These were made by Le Cameleon in Paris c1850
Backs BLUE
Complete 52/52 - no box
There are marks on the edges of the cards and whilst the stock is fine condition, no tears and no bends, there is random dirty marks that do distract from the cards.
Backs vary in shades of Blue
REF: PC_D2_D_082
Keller 1981 FRA 336
Sequin 1966 No: 355
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19 Mixed Revolutionary Cards 18th Century
This is just the front, printed sheet, of the cards which have lost their pasteboard backing – delaminated.
There are 19 of them all 18th Century and you can see the condition of them from the photos which, in the main, is very good.
Postage at cost
REF: Mixed_Courts_054
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c1895 Cartes Indiennes - Art Nouveau - Mint Taxed Wrapped - Boxed - Orient Express
This deck was produced by B P Grimaud, Paris, c1895 for guests of the Orient Express Train.
The cards shown are from an opened deck but are the same.
The cards have no indices. The Kings represents Maharajas, the Queen represent Maharanes and the Jacks musicians and guards.
cards have gorgious backgrounds.
Ref: Fournier 369, Segeth pp 32-33, Cary Collection 368
REF: CI1895_006
Imperial Playing Card Factory issue of c1865
Imperial Foundling Hospital in St Petersburg
The Imperial Playing-Card Factory was founded in 1817 and it’s revenues were used to support the Foundling Hospitals of St. Petersburg and of Moscow.
The first hospital was built in Moscow in 1764 a second institution was established in St. Petersburg in 1770.
Cards with pseudo-medieval costumes manufactured by the Imperial Playing Card Factory, St Petersburg,
The Ace of diamonds contains the stamp of the Imperial Foundling Hospital in St Petersburg to which some profits were given.
52 cards complete – Chromolithography – see condition below
Cards measure 58 mm by 89 mm
CONDITION Slightly used but several backs have paper scrape loss, AD has edge tears, JD and JC have pin holes, AS and JD are cut at bottom, KC has small edge tear, and AC, AH and 10D have stains.
Source: Russian playing card history: from the beginnings to 1917” originally published in The Playing Card, 13 (4), May 1985, pp. 97-113 and reprinted in The Playing Card, 40 (1), Jul-Sep 2011, pp. 41-57.
REF: IPCF_1865 _006
Cartes Comiques complete deck of Dondorf’s 1860 Playing Cards
I believe this was the first Chromolithograph pack produced by Dondorf and herolded the start of some spectacular cards by Bernard Dondorf.
The cards are well worth agood look even if you have no intention of buying as the Comiques are entertaining and delightful.
This pack was printed in 1860. It was reproduced sometime in the 1870s with softer backgrounds and four adjusted designs for the King of Clubs, Queen of Hearts, Queen of Spades and the Five of Clubs – the original designed were generally regarded as slightly obscene – see the dogs raised leg on the King of Clubs.
The deck is in played with condition with surface soiling. The Ace of Hearts has suffered a cut on the left hand side [ see blown up picture ] which has been repaired but there is no mark to the back so this was perhaps a crack. All cards are without bends or damage apart from the AH mentioned.
The backs are printed with a representation of a man and girl at a casement, their faces forming aces of hearts and diamonds – in Gold and Purple.
Postage at cost
REF: Cartes Comiques
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c1812 French Suited Piquet Playing Cards from Switzerland - D.V a Lausanne
Full pack 32/32, Piquet Pack, of Playing Cards made in Switzerland c1810. Printed from woodblocks and stenciled coloured. French suited and made by “D V a Lausanne” shown on the Jack of Clubs.[ David Vachet “Cadet”, cardmaker in Lausanne before 1850 – our thanks to Walter Haas ].
The c1812 Tax stamp, on the Ace of Hearts, is from Canton Vaud [ CANT.DE /VAUD ] [ thanks to Peter Endebrock http://www.endebrock.de/ ] and the Jack of Hearts shows the symbol of the Vaud Canton “Liberte et Patre”
The cards have plain backs and are in excellent [ 9/10 ] condition.
Insured Postage is free on this item.
REF: CNE1115
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Official Portrait David Paris 1810 Playing Cards
Official Portrait David Paris 1810 – By David/Mongez – Imperial Eagle Watermark.
This is the first issue of Playing Cards following those made during the Revolution, a return to the Standard French suit signs – Designed by Andrieli, Jaques, Louis David, Moneez.
The 32 card deck known as the Official Portrait pack measures 82mm x 55mm with plain backs and the paper is mater marked with the Imperial Eagle
Letterpress printed and hand stencilled colouring with a clumsiness that speaks to early post revolutionary times.
The Jack of Spades lists the publisher and designers.
The condition is clean with the occasional non-distracting small foxing mark.
Insured Postage is free on this item.
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REF: CNE5460-0052
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