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Playing cards for the Bombay Market 1915

Playing cards for the Bombay Market

An interesting pack of playing cards with illustrated Indian aces made "Specially for the Bombay Market", c.1915.

Popular Fine Art Litho Works 1970

Popular Fine Art Litho Works

A standard English pack and one adapted for magic tricks by Popular Fine Art Litho Works Ltd., Bombay, India.

Ravi Varma Press 1910

Ravi Varma Press

Ravi Varma Press, Bombay, India, c.1910.

Red Hot Chili Peppers Playing Cards 2013

Red Hot Chili Peppers Playing Cards

This illustration project by Gurleen Kaur features images inspired by the band the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Each card had illustrations from their albums and the ace, jack, queen and king are each band members.

SiRen International 1998

SiRen International

“SiRen International” playing cards based on traditional style of Indian miniature painting, 1998

Star Stack 2015

Star Stack

Star Stack playing cards feature illustrations of famous astronomers and important astronomical constellations.

Swadeshi Playing Cards 1926

Swadeshi Playing Cards

Named after the first National movement in India

Swiss Mogul Cards, 1880-1890 1890

Swiss Mogul Cards, 1880-1890

English type 'Mogul' playing cards manufactured in Switzerland by John Müller for export to India, c.1880-1890.

Tarot of the Thousand and One Nights (1001 Nights Tarot) 2005

Tarot of the Thousand and One Nights (1001 Nights Tarot)

This tarot deck captures the idealised Eastern world's magic from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, blending traditional archetypes with mystery and romantic allure. It celebrates the legendary Scheherazade and Eastern mysticism.

Teen Patti Playing Cards 2013

Teen Patti Playing Cards

Anjali DSouza, an illustrator from Chennai, India has designed a pack of cards using Indian truck art and the Indian folk art as inspiration.

The British Royal visit to India playing cards 1911

The British Royal visit to India playing cards

printed in Spain for British India in 1911.

Use Rubber At Night

Use Rubber At Night

Shantanu Suman has created a pack to help educate people in India about safe sex and especially targeted at India's truck drivers. The artwork is bright and bold, inspired by the popular truck art.

Waddington’s “Silkette” Playing Cards 1930

Waddington’s “Silkette” Playing Cards

Cards made by John Waddington Ltd. for the Madras Club, Chennai (formerly Madras), India, c.1930.

Wild Life

Wild Life

World Wide Fund for Nature-India Playing Cards, featuring 53 different colour paintings of a variety of wildlife including birds, butterflies, mammals and reptiles.