Children's Card Games
The games we play mirror the world we live in, like popular art. There was a time when friends and family played indoor games by the fireside and enjoyed countless hours of pleasure and amusement. Children don’t play card games so much because they prefer computer games, the ultimate excitement. Antique and vintage card games offer documentary evidence, as well as nostalgic memories, of the social interaction, fashions and stereotypes of bygone days and are a study in social anthropology.
Bobs y’r Uncle
-
by Simon Wintle
“Bobs y'r Uncle” nursery rhyme card game designed by Frank H. Simpson for John Waddington Ltd. in 1935.
Botany Quartetts
-
by Becky Bevan
Botany card game published by Houlston and Wright & Henry Greenwood, c.1860.
Bread & Honey
A charming Victorian family card game involving Clowns, Queens, Kings, Maids and thirty-seven Blackbirds manufactured by Thos De la Rue, c.1900.
Bridge Markers and bridge scoring methods
-
by Tony Hall
Bridge Markers and bridge scoring methods 1900-1930
C.W. Faulkner
-
by Simon Wintle
C. W. Faulkner & Co Ltd, London, an important publisher of games, pictorial souvenirs, children’s books, and postcards.
Card games by Joker S.A.
-
by Simon Wintle
Joker S.A.I.C. produce a range including children's card games, tarot cards and advertising decks, alongside their standard Spanish-suited and Anglo-American playing cards.
Cartes de Conversation
-
by Simon Wintle
Question and answer game printed by Daveluy, Bruges. Each card contains a question (Q.) and an answer (R.).
Cartes Questions-Devinettes
-
by Simon Wintle
A “Questions & Answers” family game from France produced by Imagerie Pellerin.
Casais Portugueses
-
by Matt Probert
Matching game by Majora, Lisbon, c.1970, featuring figures in national dress from Portuguese provinces and colonies