Miniature Playing Cards
Crudely printed miniature children's packs produced anonymously in c.1920-30.
Anonymous Miniature Playing Cards in the Cadiz pattern
Anonymous Miniature Playing Cards, c.1935
A crudely printed children's miniature pack was produced anonymously. The designs of the cards follows those produced by Della Penna & Cía around 1930-40 and it may have been printed by Della Penna. The cards are so flimsy that the slightest breath of air can blow them away so they were hardly suitable for play. 32x49 mms.
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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