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Around the world in 54 cards 2008

Around the world in 54 cards

“Around the world in 54 cards” hand-coloured transformation pack produced by Peter Wood, United Kingdom, 2008.

Banana Leaf Cards 1820

Banana Leaf Cards

English Standard pack hand drawn & coloured on banana leaf, c.1820.

Chief Cities Quartettes

Chief Cities Quartettes

Hand-made ‘Chief Cities Quartettes’ card game, c.1910.

Flemish Hunting Deck 1480

Flemish Hunting Deck

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.

Gilbert & Sullivan Cards

Gilbert & Sullivan Cards

“Gilbert & Sullivan” hand-made Savoy Operas pack designed and created by Rex Pitts.

Hand Drawn Joker Pack

Hand Drawn Joker Pack

Pack of 52 hand-drawn Jokers.

Hand made WW2 Prisoner of War Playing Cards 1944

Hand made WW2 Prisoner of War Playing Cards

made by German soldiers held captive by US troops

Hand-painted and Silk-inlaid playing cards 1690

Hand-painted and Silk-inlaid playing cards

Complete pack of 36 hand-painted and silk-inlaid playing cards with French suits made in Germany.

Hand-Painted Transformation, c.1800-20

Hand-Painted Transformation, c.1800-20

An early 19th century set of hand-painted transformation playing cards depicting contemporary scenes from Georgian society

Handmade Black Peter

Handmade Black Peter

Handmade Black Peter cards.

Handmade Ganjifa Birds Playing Cards 1991

Handmade Ganjifa Birds Playing Cards

This set of Ganjifa cards is a beautiful example of traditional cards from India.

Hunting Depicted on Playing Cards

Hunting Depicted on Playing Cards

In the Middle Ages hunting was an integral part of life.

Linocut Printed Tarot Cards

Linocut Printed Tarot Cards

Linocut is a printing technique similar to woodblock printing where a design is cut into linoleum (a wood mixture) using a sharp knife or chisel; the lino sheet is then inked and pressed into a sheet to produce the image. Cécile Jaillard from Strasbourg, France has used this method to create her own tarot pack.

Old Fashioned Snap 2016

Old Fashioned Snap

‘Old Fashioned Snap’ created by Rex Pitts, 2016.

Prisoners of War 1796

Prisoners of War

Hand-made playing cards by French prisoners of war in Porchester Castle, Hampshire, c.1796.

Stuttgart pack, c.1430 1430

Stuttgart pack, c.1430

The luxury, hand-painted Stuttgart Cards (Stuttgarter Kartenspiel) dated c.1430, with suits of ducks, falcons, stags and hounds.

The Princely Hunting pack, c.1440 1440

The Princely Hunting pack, c.1440

The Princely Hunting Pack, c.1440/45, is attributed to Konrad Witz and his workshop in Basle.

Unsun Karuta 1780

Unsun Karuta

Unsun Karuta うんすんかるた Japan c.1780.