Hand-Painted Playing Cards

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

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

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” hand-made Savoy Operas pack designed and created by Rex Pitts.

Hand Drawn Joker Pack
Pack of 52 hand-drawn Jokers.

Hand made WW2 Prisoner of War Playing Cards
made by German soldiers held captive by US troops

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

Handmade Black Peter
Handmade Black Peter cards.

Handmade Ganjifa Birds Playing Cards
This set of Ganjifa cards is a beautiful example of traditional cards from India.

Hunting Depicted on Playing Cards
In the Middle Ages hunting was an integral part of life.

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

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

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

Unsun Karuta
Unsun Karuta うんすんかるた Japan c.1780.