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Playing cards first arrived in England during the 15th century, but none have survived from such an early date.

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Mathematical Instruments

Mathematical Instruments

Mathematical Instruments playing cards forming an instrument maker's trade catalogue, Thomas Tuttell, c.1700.

Mayall Press Art Studies

Mayall Press Art Studies

Photographic playing cards - each face having an "art study" of a female nude, Mayall Press, Stockwell, London, c.1946.

Meal Tub Plot

Meal Tub Plot

Meal Tub Plot playing cards [facsimile] with 17th century sketches by Francis Barlow.

Meantime brewery

Meantime brewery

‘Meantime’ craft brewery playing cards, United Kingdom, c. 2000.

Menuette

Menuette

Menuette published by Pepys Games.

Mercury One-2-One Situations

Mercury One-2-One Situations

Mercury ‘One-2-One Situations’ playing cards published by Mercury Communications.

Merry Andrew

Merry Andrew

There are two Aces to each suit; one plain and the other with figures of a young woman and man, presumably Merry Andrew and his girl-friend.

Merry Andrews Happy Families

Merry Andrews Happy Families

Merry Andrews - the very Happy Families, published by Scott & Turner Ltd, 1936.

Merry Families

Merry Families

Merry Families #2 (Occupations), by Multum in Parvo Co. Ltd., c.1890.

Merry Families

Merry Families

Merry Families published by Multum in Parvo Co., Ltd, from 1896

Metastasis Transformation Playing Cards, 1811

Metastasis Transformation Playing Cards, 1811

First published by S & J Fuller, Rathbone Place, London, September 1st 1811. This Nixon-Fuller deck was the first English deck now commonly known as transformation playing cards - the first use of the term "transformation".

Michelin Tyres

Michelin Tyres

Michelin Tyres playing cards by Waddingtons, c.1970.

Mickey and the Beanstalk

Mickey and the Beanstalk

Mickey and the Beanstalk card game devised by Ern Shaw for Pepys Games, 1947.

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Happy Families

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Happy Families

“Mickey Mouse Clubhouse” Happy Families.

Mickey’s Fun Fair

Mickey’s Fun Fair

Mickey’s Fun Fair published by Pepys Games in collaboration with Walt Disney, 1939.

Miniature Card Dominoes

Miniature Card Dominoes

A miniature set of Goodall domino cards (5.9 x 3.5 cms) still in perfect condition.

Misfitz

Misfitz

The very first ‘Misfitz’ game published by C.W. Faulkner & Co, c.1898.

Modern English Court

Modern English Court

Modern English court style by Games & Print Services Limited, c.1997.

Monkey Shoulder playing cards

Monkey Shoulder playing cards

Monkey Shoulder whisky advertising playing cards, United Kingdom.

Monsters

Monsters

A collective of artists known as Monster Illustration produced a deck entitled “Monsters” in 2004.