Naipes El Heraldo, Cádiz

Naipes El Heraldo, Segundo de Olea, Cádiz

Cadiz card makers exported a lot of packs to South American colonies. The firm was acquired by Heraclio Fournier in 1940, who continued to produce the “El Heraldo” brand for some time. The designs inspired several foreign manufacturers, including Vigor S.R.L of Buenos Aires and their successors Gráfica 2001 / Naipes La Española►

Earlier editions of this deck were virtually identical to “Los Dos Tigres” brand by González Risso, but later on the two manufacturers differentiated their products more noticeably.

Above: final version of the “El Heraldo” brand by Segundo de Olea Aguilera, c.1925. The five of swords has a one peseta tax stamp and also a 10 céntimos local surcharge. Images and notes courtesy Alberto Pérez González.

Above: Cadiz pattern by Segundo de Olea, with registered trade mark on four of cups, small index numbers, hand-coloured lithograph, dated 1897. © The Trustees of the British Museum, number 1904,0511.46.1-48►

REFERENCES

Pérez González, Alberto: Los Naipes de Cádiz, in LA SOTA no.13, Asescoin, Madrid, October 1995

Above: wrapper from La Criolla brand by Segundo de Olea, c.1920