Archives
2010 • October
Kitten Club
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by Simon Wintle
From Empresses to King Cats and One-Eyed Jacks, every game is a pageant of unforgettable cats, each with a story to tell...
Pack of Dogs
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by Simon Wintle
Pack of Dogs playing cards designed by John Littleboy. Every card tells a story...
Mermaid Queen
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by Simon Wintle
Mermaid Queen playing cards, from a series of four decks designed by John Littleboy, 2008
Bag of Bones
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by Simon Wintle
Bag of Bones playing cards, from a series of four decks designed by John Littleboy, 2008.
Jean Picart le Doux
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by Simon Wintle
Jean Picart le Doux playing cards, issued in 1957 to celebrate the company's 125th anniversary, featuring designs carried out in richly toned colourings typical of tapestries.
Agostino Bergallo
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by Simon Wintle
Agostino Bergallo Spanish pattern made for South American countries
Playing cards from Finland
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by Simon Wintle
Playing cards from Finland. Finnish cards have a relatively short history, presumably because the country only finally broke loose from Russian influence in 1920.
Pekka-peli
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by Simon Wintle
‘Pekka’, an additional card in the set, is an ethically-incorrect golly look-alike card, embodying the caricature of foreign heritage without a status or family structure. In other countries the game is often known as ‘Old Maid’, ‘Black Peter’, ‘Petter-spel’ or ‘Schwarzer Peter’.
Giuseppe Cattino
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by Simon Wintle
Playing cards manufactured in Italy by Giuseppe Cattino and Paolo Montanar for Spanish markets.
Naipes del Salitre
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by Simon Wintle
Playing cards recovered from the Northern Chile saltpetre workers. The cards are mostly from Spanish 'Cadiz' pattern decks, and several manufacturers can be identified.
Pedro Bosio, 2
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by Simon Wintle
Cards of the Spanish National Pattern manufactured by Pedro Bosio, Genova (Italy) during the 18th century for export to South America.