Questions et réponses
Questions and answers card game by Devaluy, Bruges, c.1880.
“Questions et réponses” card game by Daveluy, from the National Playing Card Museum in Belgium. The kings have a small crown above the suit symbol. The king of hearts has a small crowned shield with a rampant lion on his cloak, perhaps the ‘Leo Belgicus’ of the Belgian coat of arms.
Above: French “Questions et réponses” card game by Daveluy, Bruges, c.1860-85. Double-ended Belgian / Genoese pattern, 32 cards, chromolithography. Daveluy also published this as a standard pack (without Q&As). Usually the manufacturer's name appears on the ace of clubs and jack of diamonds but in this set it is missing. From the National Playing Card Museum in Belgium.
FURTHER REFERENCES
Bibliothèque nationale de France: Jeu de cartes au portrait belge à deux têtes (standard Genoese pattern 1875-1880)►
Biebouw, Luc; Clays, Alex; Cremers, Filip; D'Hondt, Jan & Smet, Yvette: Daveluy, Brugge's Trots en Koninklijke Troef, Brussels Euro Joker Club, 2004.
National Playing Card Museum: object number S01446►
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