Golden Egg Game

The Golden Egg Game, c.1860

A mid-nineteenth century Victorian children's card game titled ‘The Golden Egg Game’, depicting a farmyard with the farmer and his wife, Simple Johnny, pigs, cows, chickens, a dog, horse, a harlequin, the boy who tried to steal the goose, a fox and a golden goose. Printed by lithography, unknown publisher (but possibly Ogilvy).

Above: cards from ‘The Golden Egg’ Card Game, depicting a farmyard, anonymous manufacturer, c.1860. The size of the cards is 80 x 112 mms and the backs are plain, uncoloured.

See also:   Happy Families   Illustrated Proverbs   Black Peter   Mexican Lottery Game   Peruvian Clock Game   Portuguese Conjuring Cards   Jewish Card Game   El Negrito Pedro  

By Simon Wintle

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Curator and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.