CNE 4251X

French Suited German Engraved cards c1610 to 1650
with English Hand Tax Stamp

32 cards engraved cards by an unknown artist from a pack of 52 - initials IS or SI. Cards are hand coloured and reflect hunting and animal scenes from the serious to the comic - don't you just love the 10 Spades with the cat fiddling as the mice dance aground at his feet !

Commenting on the cards in the United States Playing Card Companies collection Hargrave says "Of cards with French suit signs in these German lands, there are many. The earliest one we have is a pack of 52 cards, from coper plates and coloured by hand, and most of them bear the monogram of an unknown artist. Besides the suit signs arranged in the usual manner they picture a day's hunting across the field and through the forests of early seventeenth century Germany. The Kings and valets aredebonair gentlemen and the Queens gracious little ladies. No other example of these cards are known to exist." She then illustrates four of them and classifies them as "Hunting series, 1610"

Virginia Wayland states in the IPCS Journal Volume XIII, No 1 [ August 1979 ] that these cards must have been seen by John Lenthall as he followed the design in his Forest Cards [ Pack No: XXII ] often reversing the image.

Uniqueness is a word we don't often use but in addition to this decks obvious rarity it also bears an English Hand Tax Stamp of c 1712 a Red Stock in Hand Stamp which would have been applied on importation.

Condition is varied and the high definition scans of the cards reveal all.

Insured Postage is free on this item.

£4,500.00

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c1765 I BANKS Playing Cards - hand drawn and water coloured.

An attractive complete deck of 52/52 playing cards in small format.
Court cards have miniature piquet sized full length figures and cards have no indices.
The backs are plain white.
These are hand drawn, pen and ink, cards which have then been hand coloured with water paint and represent the period very well.
The artist had a good eye and minature skills.
The cards are in very good condition and were probably 'produced' towards the end of the 18th century.

Insured Postage is free on this item.

£1,100.00

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c1765/1800 Early small English single courts.

A complete deck of playing cards 52/52
(with large margins sometimes incorrectly called piquet sized)

Ace of spades - very decorative - hand made deck by a professional hand from 18th Century.

Courts are very similar to those in use c1765/1800. Full length, single courts, hand made so well they are difficult to differentiate between wood block.

In very good condition with no damage but cards are very slightly curved

Insured Postage is free on this item.

£1,000.00

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Court Cards the Best to Play With...1788
Michael Tregear's research, writing in the journal of the International Playing Card Society, The playing-card Volume 37, Number 2, identifies the three characters, from left to right as,  

Edmund  Burke, Warren Hastings [ First Governor General of India 1773-1784 ] and King George III.

Michael comments that Hastings faced impeachment proceedings and this print gives us a view of Hastings dressed in Indian attire between his accuser, Burke [Who presented the Commons with the Article of Charge of High Crimes and Misdemeanors against Hastings in 1788] and his supporter, King George III.

Hastings was found not guilty and was aquitted in 1795 in a pennyless state.

This is an engraved print being hand coloured and giving a great representation of court cards of the period in their truest sense.

This was Published By J Doughty 1788. at No. 19 Holborn London.
Price 2s.6d. Plain or Coloured.

Small areas of strengthening on the reverse. The full image is a coming together of two scans the original print
measuring 26cm by 25.8 cm

Insured Postage is free on this item.

£500.00

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c1800 A sheet of 'FAKE' English Playing Cards - GIBSON & GISBORNE

Made in Belgium, quite possibly in Brussels, the sole purpose to avoid British Tax which was excessively high.
Whilst the Ace is very obviously a fake being cut from a woodblock as opposed to a genuine British Duty Ace being from an engraved plate, the court cards are very typical of the period.

This sheet , measuring 15.25 inches by 13.5 inches, has the benefit of portraying all the courts, the 'Duty Ace', the Two of Spades and the Nine of Spades.

The condition of the sheet is typical of it's type - not being square cut.

Insured Postage is free on this item.

£700.00

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CSA 3561

c1800 or possibly later Fake Gibson & Gisbourne Playing Cards
Wood Block Printed - crude wood block ace no 115 - name difficult to read - Produced presumably to avoid duty by issuing an ace in the style of 1765-1776 (no dyes for Aces Known for Gibson & Gisbourne until 1776) probably produced in Belgium c 1810-1820 - Single courts 52/52 - condition excellent

Insured Postage is free on this item.

£750.00

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CSA5283

c1801 GIBSON HUNT & SON Playing Cards

A complete Piquet Deck, 32/32, with George III Ace of Spades with duty of sixpence added three times.
Court cards have miniature piquet sized full length figures and cards have no idices.
The backs are plain white.
The cards are in very good condition.
[ Piquet decks consists of four suits each with the Ace plus 7,8,9,10, Jack, Queen, King. ]

£500.00

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CSA5281

c1803 T WHEELER Playing Cards near MINT condition.
A complete deck of 52/52 Playing Cards from this rarely seen maker - T WHEELER of 127 Holborn Hill, London.
This SPECIAL Ace of Spades, known as the LUDLOW Ace, is Die Number 44, 1st re-cut, and bears a date of 1344 ( needs to be read under a glass where the 3 can be clearly read ). Wheeler ascribed this date to the forming of the Order Of The Garter ( The Garter Ace of Spades being used on Duty Aces from 1765-1828 ), the Order was in fact formed four years earlier! Guess the absence of Google made research more difficult then!
The central Spade Pip of the Ace is shaded, which does not occur on other Duty Aces by other manufacturers.
The cards are in NEAR MNT CONDITION which is unusual for Georgian Playing Cards.

Insured Postage is free on this item.

£750.00

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c1809 HUNT & SONS Standard Playing Cards
George III Duty Ace of Spades showing
Duty of ONE SHILLING AND SIX PENCE– Ace No: 10
Small Size Courts & Small Ace
Bezique Deck - Complete 32/32
Cards are in very good condition with the odd slight foxing mark.

First Class / Air Mail Postage: to UK - £3.00 / to Europe - £3.50 / to Other - £4.50 - insured is an additional £5.00 [U.K.] £8.00 [other]

£450.00

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1809 HUNT & SONS Standard Playing Cards
George III Duty Ace of Spades showing
One Shilling & Six Pence – Ace No: 27
Single Figure Courts
Complete 52/52
MINT - In Original Wrapper
“Great Mogul” and Embossed Duty Stamp

First Class / Air Mail Postage: to UK - £3.00 / to Europe - £3.50 / to Other - £4.50 - insured is an additional £5.00 [U.K.] £8.00 [other]

£400.00

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C1810 HALL & SON Standard Playing Cards
George III Duty Ace showing ONE SHILLING AND SIXPENCE
Ace Number 66 1st Recut
Ace of Clubs stamped SUPERFINE
Square cornered, Single Courts, Plain Backs.
Complete Deck 52 cards out of 52
We can’t see that the cards have ever been played with – exceptional condition.

First Class / Air Mail Postage: to UK - £3.00 / to Europe - £3.50 / to Other - £4.50 - insured is an additional £5.00 [U.K.] £8.00 [other]

£425.00

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C1812 HUNT & SONS Standard Playing Cards
George III Duty Ace showing ONE SHILLING AND SIXPENCE
Ace Number 35 2nd Recut.
Square Cornered, Single Courts, Plain Backs
Complete Deck 52 cards out of 52
Cards have been played with but are generally clean with no bends and tears; there are the occasional surface marks.

First Class / Air Mail Postage: to UK - £3.00 / to Europe - £3.50 / to Other - £4.50 - insured is an additional £5.00 [U.K.] £8.00 [other]

£300.00

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c 1820 English Standard Hand Drawn & Coloured
Complete Pack on Bananna Leaf

They were believed to have been made in Ceylon and are on either palm leaf or
banana leaf. They are mounted and housed in two books and were previously part of a
collection by Captain H. E. Rimington Wilson of Broomhead Hall.

His collection was sold in 1971 and although it only contained about 100 items of playing cards Sylvia Mann was totally impressed with the quality of the collection.

Insured Postage is free on this item.

£2,500.00

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C1822 HUNT & SONS Standard Playing Cards
George III Duty Ace showing ONE SHILLING AND SIXPENCE
Ace Number 64 3rd Recut
Square Cornered, Single Courts, Plain Backs – small format
INCOMPLETE 50 out of 52
LACKS 4 Spades and Jack of Diamonds
Cards in played with condition – no bends, tears or damage to cards

First Class / Air Mail Postage: to UK - £3.00 / to Europe - £3.50 / to Other - £4.50 - insured is an additional £5.00 [U.K.] £8.00 [other] - We combine postage and only charge our costs.

£225.00

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C1822 HUNT & SONS Standard Playing Cards
George III Duty Ace showing ONE SHILLING AND SIXPENCE
Ace Number 95 [ not recorded in Berry ]
Ace of Clubs stamped SUPERFINE
Square Cornered, Single Courts, Plain Backs.
Complete 52 out of 52 cards
Cards are in very good, crisp, condition

First Class / Air Mail Postage: to UK - £3.00 / to Europe - £3.50 / to Other - £4.50 - insured is an additional £5.00 [U.K.] £8.00 [other] - We combine postage and only charge our costs.

£300.00

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c1823 Hall & Bancks Outer Playing Card Wrapper
An outer wrapper for six packs of playing cards by Hall & Bancks c18123. These are for their branded "THE GREAT MOGUL" made at their No: 15 Piccadilly, London premises. The wrapper is 33cm by 31cm - the central graphic measuring 10cm by 27cm.The wrapper bears the inscription "CARD MAKERS TO HIS MAJESTY THEIR R.H THE PRINCESS DUKE & DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER AND PRINCE LEOPOLD"
Nice crafted central graphic pain of a Great Mogul with a border with the four suit signs.

First Class / Air Mail Postage: to UK - £3.00 / to Europe - £3.50 / to Other - £4.50 - insured is an additional £5.00 [U.K.] £8.00 [other] - We combine postage and only charge our costs.

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