Playing Cards from Spain
Crystal Time
Colourful and attractive designs by Violeta Monreal, inspired by stained glass through the ages.
Deportistas Guipuzcoanos
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by Simon Wintle
Guipuzcoa’s best athletes of the twentieth century, playing cards sponsored by El Diario Vasco and Euskaltel, manufactured by Heraclio Fournier, 1999.
Descubridores y Colonizadores de America
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by Simon Wintle
“Baraja Histórica” (Descubridores y Colonizadores de America) manufactured by Heraclio Fournier S.A., 1952 designed by Ricardo Summers “Serny”
Domino Cinematográfico
“Domino Cinematográfico” published by Talleres Gráficos Irández, Barcelona, c.1925.
Don Quijote IV Centenario
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by Simon Wintle
Baraja IV Centenario Don Quijote is the work of artist Vicente Arnás, published by Asescoin, Madrid, 2004.
East African Playing Cards
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by Matt Probert
East African Playing Cards by Heraclio Fournier S.A., 1957.
El Cid 9th centenary
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by Simon Wintle
Playing cards commemorating the IX centenary of the death of ‘El Cid’ designed by Vicente S. Algora.
El Ciervo N°4
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by Simon Wintle
“El Ciervo” No.4 manufactured by Hija de Antonio Comas during the Spanish Civil War, with mural crown and flag of the 2nd Republic on the ace of coins, c.1938.
El Ciervo, c.1930
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by Simon Wintle
Sebastian Comas y Ricart - Hija de A. Comas “El Ciervo” Spanish Catalan pattern, c.1930.
El Monoplano
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by Simon Wintle
María González Rizzo (1926-1940) followed in her father's business producing Spanish-suited brands such as “Los Dos Tigres”, “La Española” and an Anglo-American style deck titled “El Monoplano”
España Imperial
España imperial / Imperial Spain playing cards with artwork by Serny, published by Heraclio Fournier, Spain, 1983.
Europe
“Europe” designed by Teodoro N. Miciano and printed by Heraclio Fournier in 1962, portraying XIV century European fashions.
European Naval Powers
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by Simon Wintle
“XVI Century European Naval Powers” deck illustrated by Isabel Ibáñez de Sendadiano and produced by Heraclio Fournier in 1981.