Danbrit

Danbrit playing cards by Alf Cooke, 1936

Above: seven cards and the Joker from pack made for export to Denmark. Manufactured by The Universal Playing Card Co. Ltd, Leeds, c.1936, and issued as 'Danbrit' No.215. Indices are A, K, D and Kn with small icons representing the respective ranks of K & Kn.

Note from Peter Burnett

While I was cataloguing the Danbrit pack in the Bodleian Library I found your useful Danbrit article on WOPC and saw that you only displayed 7 court cards. Please find attached the 12 courts courtesy of the Donald Welsh collection - PB.

Above: images courtesy of the Donald Welsh collection.

Note from Roddy Somerville

Here are a couple more images for the Danbrit page. They are 1) a contract bridge score card, one of several back designs produced for this pack, a wrapper, and 2) the front of a box . As I understand it, several grades of this pack were produced. No. 210 has a fabric finish and plain corners. No. 230 has an ivory finish and gilt corners. No. 215 also exists but I don't know what distinguishes it from the others. • Zoom the embossed seal

Above: a contract bridge score card, one of several back designs produced for Danbrit packs, and a sealed wrapper.

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