Naipes ANCLA

made by Compañía General de Fósforos Montevideana S.A., c.1980

Above: Naipes opacos ANCLA, 48 cards + 2 jokers in box, manufactured by Cía General de Fósforos Montevideana S.A. c.1980. The anchor logo appears on the four of cups, and the manufacturer's name is printed on the box. Naipes Ancla were subsequently produced by Ingrapa S.A. in the late 1980s and 1990s. The design of the cards is a somewhat impoverished and simplified version of a Spanish model formerly exported to South America by Sebastian Comas y Ricart of Barcelona (Spain) which is common in several South American countries. The joker, of course, depicting a fat king having emptied the contents of a huge goblet, is particular to Cía Gral de Fósforos.