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Miniature Playing Cards from around the world.
Bone Playing Cards
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by Becky Bevan
My late mother found these miniature cards in a skip around 50 years ago.
Gibbs Happy Families
Gibbs Happy Families card game promotion, both full sized and miniature versions, c.1946.
Lever Brothers miniatures
Two miniature card games promoting Vim Scouring Powder and Sunshine Soap, 1930s.
Spider Solitaire
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by Simon Wintle
Spider Solitaire is a free web site offering new versions of the classic solitaire card game
Hansa-Karte
Bechstein design reprinted by Vereinigte Stralsunder Spielkartenfabriken AG former Schneider & Co., c1925.
Bucktrout & Co. Ltd
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by Simon Wintle
Half-sized cigarette playing cards published by Bucktrout & Co., Ltd (Guernsey) c.1930.
Tesseract Mobile Solitaire Games
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by Simon Wintle
Tesseract Mobile’s new Solitaire card games for Android devices features dynamic playing cards that change style...
Prince of Wales National Relief Fund 1914
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by Matt Probert
A two-pack patience set produced by Thomas De la Rue on behalf of the Prince of Wales National Relief Fund in 1914.
F. X. Schmid Mini-Patience
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by Matt Probert
Miniature Patience playing cards in Rococo style published by F. X. Schmid, c.1960
British American Tobacco patience
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by Matt Probert
Patience deck for British American Tobacco printed by Speelkaartenfabriek Nederland c.1940
Magic Poker Cards
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by Simon Wintle
“Magic Poker Cards” are often found inside Christmas crackers along with party hats, puzzles and jokes...
Permalon Ltd
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by Matt Probert
Miniature playing cards advertising "Perma" smoking-related products featuring the "Perma Girl" on the backs and Joker.
Czech Patience Cards
Patience size playing cards published by Obchodni Tiskarny of Prague, under the brand “Casino”, with cartoon courts in the style of wood engravings.
Miniature Disney deck
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by Simon Wintle
Mickey Mouse card game is part of a promotion for Rübezahl Schokoladen GmbH (Germany).
Billiken Minicartas
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by Simon Wintle
Children’s toy cards published in Argentina by Editorial Atlántida in the magazine “Billiken”, 1964.
Collecting Playing Cards
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by Simon Wintle
How I began Collecting Playing Cards by Robert S. Lancaster
Goodall & Son’s Patience & Miniature packs
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by Simon Wintle
Goodall & Son’s Patience & Miniature packs came in various styles of box and back design, c.1890-1930.
Carte per Signora
“Carte per Signora” patience pack was produced by Fratelli Armanino, Genova, in c.1897.
Birkel Schwarzer Peter
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by Simon Wintle
The Birkel company has produced several promotional “Schwarzer Peter” packs over the years and this one is themed on the circus.
Pop Rocky
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by Simon Wintle
“Pop Rocky” miniature playing cards with double-ended caricatures of celebrities and pop stars, originally published inside a magazine, c.1970.
Fabrica de Cigarrillos Roldan y Cia, Lima, Peru
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by Adam Wintle
The design of the figures is very agile with excellent colour harmony and execution.
Wüst Oval Patience
C. L. Wüst Oval Patience Karten No. 240, beautifully printed by chromolithography, c.1910.
Einar Nerman Patience
Einar Nerman (1888–1983) was a talented Swedish artist born in Norrköping who designed playing cards during the 1920s.
Lettische Patience
Karl enjoyed experimenting with design and production and this work was published in 1994 as a 32-card pack with one joker. The double-ended courts are, by Gerich's standards, plain with simple costume designs based on the designs of Arturs Duburs.
Cartes Turques Patience
Derived from “Cartes Turques” first made by Glanz, then later by van Genechten, Brepols & Piatnik. 3 double-ended dragon Aces and one Adam/Eve Ace with a coiled serpent.
Patience Indien
Karl Gerich's “Patience Indien No.16”, published in 1991, is adapted from Grimaud's “Whist Indienne” (c.1900). The double-ended courts are dressed in Arab garb.
Patience No.21
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by Simon Wintle
‘Patience No.21’ is a 52-card miniature deck with double-ended courts and a Joker holding a fan of cards.
Kinder-Karte
First published in c.1870, children are presented in these miniature Patience cards disguised as Kings, Queens and Jacks. The Kings' crowns are slightly over-sized for their heads and the children are wearing false beards.
Clifford Toys
Clifford Toys is a brand name of F. Levy & Co., Ltd, London, sellers of toys and fancy goods.
Minnie Patience
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by Simon Wintle
Minnie Patience. The backs show images of Mickey & Minnie mouse dancing together.
Anonymous Novelty Cards
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by Simon Wintle
Miniature novelty playing cards from the late 1940s or early 1950s with a charm of their own. Probably published as small prizes at fairground or seaside amusement arcades.
Swiss Album patience
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by Simon Wintle
Swiss Album patience cards manufactured by C. L. Wüst (Frankfurt), c.1900, with a different landscape on the reverse of each card. The court cards depict costumed figures along with shields from the cantons.
Miniature Playing Cards
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by Simon Wintle
Crudely printed miniature children's packs produced anonymously in c.1920-30.
Cigarette Cards and other ephemera
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by Simon Wintle
Cigarette Cards, Trade Cards, Miniature Playing Cards and other ephemera.
Baraja Hoja de Afeitar
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by Simon Wintle
La Baraja 'Hoja de Afeitar'. Baraja de Hojas Maravilla descalificadas como de primerísima categoría.
Naipes tamaño Mignon, La Cubana, S.A.
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by Simon Wintle
Naipes tamaño Mignon, La Cubana, S.A. (Fabrica de Naipes El Aguila), Mexico, c.1960.
