Dragons
Dragons Playing Cards by Robert Burke
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by Adam Wintle
A gorgeous deck of cards featuring the dragon art of Kerem Beyit and printed by the United States Playing Card Company.
Flutter Met St George
‘St George and the Dragon’ game made by Chad Valley for Flutter Met Games, 1930s.
Earth Dragons and Other Rare Creatures
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by Adam Wintle
Jessica Feinberg, mostly known for her unique mythic paintings of nature, dragons, is a creator the Earth Dragons and Other Rare Creatures playing cards.
Portuguese pattern
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by Simon Wintle
19th century Portuguese pattern, re-printed from original woodblocks.
Malta
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by Simon Wintle
The so-called ‘Dragon Cards’, with winged monsters on the four Aces, are an enigmatic aspect of early playing card history.
27: Cards at Strangers’ Hall, Norwich
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by Ken Lodge
There is a very interesting collection of playing cards held at the Strangers' Hall Museum in Norwich.
Francisco Flores
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by Simon Wintle
Playing cards in this style have been discovered in various parts of the world, suggesting that they were exported or carried there by early explorers or merchants.
Portuguese Type Playing Cards made in Belgium
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by Simon Wintle
Portuguese type pack with ‘dragon’ aces made in Belgium by Mesmaekers Frères, Turnhout, c.1875-1900
Portuguese Type Cards made in Belgium
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by Simon Wintle
Portuguese Type Playing Cards made in Belgium, c.1878.
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
Portuguese Type Playing Cards c.1860
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by Simon Wintle
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 Playing Cards
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by Simon Wintle
The Real Fábrica de Cartas de Jogar was founded in 1769, by Royal Charter of King José, under the master craftsman Lorenzo Solezio, brother of Félix Solesio who ran the Spanish Real Fábrica at Macharaviaya.
16th century cards discovered in Peru
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by Simon Wintle
Fragments of playing cards and 2 dice were unearthed in a 16th century rubbish tip adjacent to a Spanish house in the lower Rimac Valley in Peru, providing evidence of games played by early Spanish settlers.
Japanese Playing Cards
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by Simon Wintle
Japanese playing cards include: 'Awase' or 'matching pairs' cards and Portuguese or Spanish-derived 'Dragon' type cards.
