Hand-made Spanish Suited Playing Cards
Decks are made on two-ply pasteboard which reproduces the tactile quality of antique cards.
Archaic Spanish Suited Playing Cards
This Spanish suited pack of playing cards mimics sixteenth century French and Spanish production, and is based upon surviving specimens. This pattern is now completely extinct today.
Suitable for play, re-enactment or where an authentic period feel is required.
Decks are made up on two-ply pasteboard which reproduces the tactile quality of antique cards. Suits are Coins, Cups, Swords and Batons. 48 cards + 1 extra card. Reverse: plain. Size: 48mm x 75mm.
By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
Founder and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.
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