Playing Cards from Belgium
Millennium
‘Millennium’ limited edition playing cards by Carta Mundi, 1999
Moyen-Age by Daveluy
Cartes Moyen-Age by Daveluy, Bruges, c.1875.
Naypes Finos made in Belgium
Belgian manufacturers were competing against Spanish makers. Features of the traditional Spanish designs, including many well-known brands, were imitated or plagiarised.
Neptune No.105 Playing Cards
An exotic pack made by A.Van Genechten of Turnhout
Old School Playing cards from Moon
Designed and published by Leo Scherfig
Philips Arlita
Philips 'Arlita' advertising playing cards manufactured by Etabl. Mesmaekers Frères S.A., Turnhout, Belgium, 1925.
Piket Fijne Speelkaarten, c.1925-30
‘Piket Fijne Speelkaarten’ by La Turnhoutoise, c.1925-30.
Pop Rocky
“Pop Rocky” miniature playing cards with double-ended caricatures of celebrities and pop stars, originally published inside a magazine, c.1970.
Portuguese Type Cards made in Belgium
Portuguese Type Playing Cards made in Belgium, c.1878.
Portuguese Type Playing Cards c.1860
10 cards from a pack of later Portuguese ‘Dragon’ type cards from c.1860, with the Maid of batons about to club a dog.
Portuguese Type Playing Cards made in Belgium
Portuguese type pack with ‘dragon’ aces made in Belgium by Mesmaekers Frères, Turnhout, c.1875-1900.
Première Croisade
‘Première Croisade’ with single-ended courts by Daveluy, Bruges, c.1850.
Renée Sturbelle
Artistic playing cards with abstract designs by Renée Sturbelle, first published by Brepols S.A., Turnhout, 1947.
Scouting playing cards
Cartoon-style illustrations promoting a Belgian organisation for scouts and guides.
Sigma Coatings
Advertising pack for a company supplying marine paints.
Sleeperhold Publications
Sleeperhold Publications collaborative art playing cards.
Spanish Cards c.1920
Spanish-suited Playing Cards manufactured by Van Genechten, c.1920.
Spectrum Bridge by Cartamundi
Spectrum Bridge by Cartamundi
Sport No.31
Van Genechten first registered an Ace of Spades for English playing cards in 1885 followed by the ‘Sailor’ Joker.
Standard Genoese
Van Genechten manufactured playing cards in various styles, including specially customised versions for commercial clients wishing to advertise their own brands on the cards.