Archives
2019 • March
68: Playing cards in glass
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by Ken Lodge
My wife and I have recently commissioned a unique pair of stained glass windows for our home.
67: Adverts and related material after 1900
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by Ken Lodge
The final page of material relating to playing cards from British periodicals.
66: Adverts and related material 1862-1900
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by Ken Lodge
Some further material relating to cards from nineteenth and twentieth century periodicals.
Tyrolean Playing Cards
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by Matt Probert
Facsimile of patriotic 1878 Tyrolean playing cards published by Piatnik in 1992.
Views of New Zealand
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by Simon Wintle
Views of New Zealand published by G.B.Scott Souvenirs, Auckland, c.1960.
The Four Worlds
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by Simon Wintle
The Four Worlds playing cards by artist Aleksey Zhiryakov in the stylistic traditions of Palekh, 2018.
65: Adverts and related documents 1684-1877
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by Ken Lodge
Here are a few early advertisements relating to cards from newspapers 1684-1759 and a number of later 19th century documents of interest.
Chinese Jokers
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by Matt Probert
Chinese playing card makers have probably produced the widest variety of jokers of any single part of the world.
