Engineering
Arthur Lee & Sons Ltd
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by Matt Probert
Advertising deck produced for Arthur Lee and Sons Ltd of Sheffield by Thomas De la Rue around 1958.
Cilbrás
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by Simon Wintle
Cilbrás is a distribution branch of the Brazilian high-pressure gas cylinder and welding supplies company Praxair.
Electrical Mah Jong
Electrical Mah Jong was produced by De La Rue for The Western Electric Company Ltd in 1924 for the Wembley Exhibition.
English Electric Valve Company Ltd
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by Simon Wintle
Special pack made for the English Electric Valve Company Ltd Chelmsford, 1989.
Fastener S.R.L.
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by Simon Wintle
Fastener S.R.L. are manufacturers bolts and industrial fasteners. Traditional Spanish suit symbols have been substituted by various kinds of nuts and bolts.
Globalstar
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by Simon Wintle
Naipes Globalstar TE.SA.M. Telefonía Satelital playing cards, manufactured by Gráfica 2001.
Hilti I
Promotional pack for Hilti power tools, with courts in medieval costume and non-standard pips.
Hoover Ltd Playing Cards
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by Simon Wintle
Vintage cartoon courts and ace of spades specially designed for Hoover Limited, with full colour back showing the Art Deco style Hoover factory at Perivale, manufactured by Waddington's Playing Cards, c.1930.
La Baie James
Playing cards documenting the James Bay hydro-electricity project on the La Grande River in north-western Quebec, Canada.
Mathematical Instruments
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by Simon Wintle
Mathematical Instruments playing cards forming an instrument maker's trade catalogue, Thomas Tuttell, c.1700.
Naipes Triunfo, c.1970-80
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by Simon Wintle
Naipes TRIUNFO Spanish-suited playing cards by Cappellano, S.A., Florencio Varela 542, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1970s.
Panama Souvenir Playing Cards
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by Simon Wintle
Several editions of Panama Souvenir Playing Cards were issued by the USPCC between 1908 - 1926. The design of the cards varied between editions, and different 'fact' and map cards were also included.
Pneumatic Playing Cards
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by Simon Wintle
The surface of the cards was slightly grooved by being rolled on prepared plates, so that there were little pockets of air between each card, which prevented them sticking together.
Printing of Playing Cards: Letterpress
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by Simon Wintle
Some notes on the manufacture of playing cards taken from Thomas De la Rue's patent, 1831.
Vac-tric Electric Vacuum Cleaners
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by Simon Wintle
Vac-tric Electric Vacuum Cleaner playing cards manufactured by De la Rue, 1930s.
Wiggins Teape “Hi-Speed” playing cards
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by Simon Wintle
Wiggins Teape “Hi-Speed” playing cards manufactured by Waddingtons, c.1970.