J & W Mitchell
Bordesley Paper Works
461 Coventry Road
Birmingham
his rare Victorian manufacturer
made standard English playing cards for a short period during the late 1880s and early 1890s. Two
versions are known, both double-ended packs with 52 cards, one with four-colour courts and the
other with red and black-only court cards, which were presumably more economical.
The ace of spades has elaborate scroll-work and the registered design no.292518. The cards have narrow indices as these were becoming the norm around this time. No jokers are known.
Left: the front of the box
