Playing Cards from Netherlands
Dutch costume playing cards from an unknown maker
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by Paul Symons
Another pack of Dutch costume playing cards c.1880.
Dutch Pattern for Van Perlstein
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by Simon Wintle
Brepols Dutch Pattern for Van Perlstein distillery, c.1960.
Early Spanish/Portuguese type
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by Simon Wintle
Fragment of a sheet of archaic Spanish-suited 'Dragon' playing cards found during restoration of a house in Antwerp built between 1559 and 1574
Esveco Specialities B.V.
Alto Imaging Group playing cards manufactured by Esveco Specialities B.V., c.1990s
Flemish Hunting Deck
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by Simon Wintle
Set of medieval playing cards with King, Queen, Knave and numeral cards from one to ten in each of four suits which refer to the activity of hunting, as practiced by the nobility.
Four Days of Walking Event
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by Matt Probert
Dutch playing cards promoting the annual International Four Days of Walking Event held in Holland, 2016
Genever Giraf
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by Simon Wintle
Dutch pattern advertising deck for Genever Giraf made by Van Genechten in the 1950s.
Grolsch Brewery
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by Matt Probert
A somewhat unusual deck specially designed for Grolsch Breweries evoking self-expression and independence of spirit, c.2012
H.P. Doebele
Artist-designed playing cards produced to demonstrate the quality of a printing technique.
Havermout Kwartetspel
“H-O Kwartetspel” children’s card game promoting quick cooking oatmeal (instant porridge), 1930s.
Hidden meanings in painting by Jheronimus Bosch
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by Simon Wintle
Medieval View of Gambling in the ‘Garden of Earthly Delights’ by Jheronimus Bosch
Kriegs-Spiel by Peter Schencken, Amsterdam
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by Simon Wintle
Peter Schencken of Amsterdam copied the "Jeu de la Guerre" or "Das Kriegs-Spiel" (with German captions) originated by Gilles de La Boissière and published by Mariette in 1668 in Paris.
Lattmann No.9 playing cards
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by Paul Symons
with illustrated views of Dutch cities on the aces. This pack is for sale or exchange.