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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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Orange: Great Value, Free Rewards

Orange: Great Value, Free Rewards

“Orange: Great Value, Free Rewards” promotional playing cards published by Orange UK.

Ordnance Recognition

Ordnance Recognition

Ordnance Recognition Playing Cards cards designed to help people at risk from unexploded bombs

Orient-Express Playing Cards

Orient-Express Playing Cards

Orient Express playing cards evoking a bygone era of chauffeurs, monocles and exoticism. Manufactured by Waddingtons, c.1990.

Origins Playing Cards

Origins Playing Cards

Rick Davidson's “Origins” playing cards is an inspired, present-day re-design of the standard Anglo-American deck

Ormond Printing Co. Ltd

Ormond Printing Co. Ltd

During the 1930s The Ormond Printing Co. Ltd produced playing cards for the Irish market with a distinctive ace of spades, joker and court cards. In 1935 the firm was acquired as a manufacturing facility for Waddington’s cards in Eire.

Ottakar’s Happy Families

Ottakar’s Happy Families

Ottakar’s Happy Families designed by Chris Burke, 2000.

Our Kings and Queens

Our Kings and Queens

An historical & educational card game designed and published by Mazawattee Tea Co., Ltd, London, c.1902

Our Pets Snap

Our Pets Snap

“Our Pets Snap” designed by A. E. Kennedy for Faulkner & Co., c.1930s.

Our Ship

Our Ship

The “New Game of Our Ship”, published by Chas Goodall & Son, London, 1896.

Owen Jones (1809-1874)

Owen Jones (1809-1874)

Owen Jones (1809-1874) was a Welsh architect and interior designer who designed the backs of playing cards for Thomas de la Rue.

Oxford Gargoyles

Oxford Gargoyles

Oxford Gargoyles souvenir playing cards published by Chris Donaghue Photography, Oxford, UK.

Oxford Pubs playing cards

Oxford Pubs playing cards

Oxford pubs souvenir playing cards, United Kingdom, 2008

Pack of Cocktails

Pack of Cocktails

Pack of Cocktails playing cards published by Figure Dynamics in 1985.

Pack of Diets

Pack of Diets

“Pack of Diets” healthy lifestyle playing cards by Waddingtons Games for Figure Dynamics Ltd. in 1984.

Pack of dogs

Pack of dogs

Pack of dogs playing cards with portraits by Gina Andrews, England, 2017.

Pack of Prejudice

Pack of Prejudice

A political pack produced by the Countryside Alliance about a ban on hunting.

Pack of Royals

Pack of Royals

Willie Rushton’s “Pack of Royals” featuring caricatures of the Royal Family, 1995.