Miniature

Fabrica de Cigarrillos Roldan y Cia, Lima, Peru

by Simon Wintle
Oct 10, 2012

The design of the figures is very agile with excellent colour harmony and execution.

1890

Four Continents Patience

by Barney Townshend
Jul 23, 2012

Dondorf's 'Four Continents' Patience, c.1910.

1910

Gibbs Happy Families

by Rex Pitts (1940-2021)
Oct 17, 2020

Gibbs Happy Families card game promotion, both full sized and miniature versions, c.1946.

1946

Goodall & Son’s Patience & Miniature packs

by Simon Wintle
Aug 05, 2014

Goodall & Son’s Patience & Miniature packs came in various styles of box and back design, c.1890-1930.

Hansa-Karte

by Rex Pitts (1940-2021)
Sep 21, 2017

Bechstein design reprinted by Vereinigte Stralsunder Spielkartenfabriken AG former Schneider & Co., c1925.

1925

Hats-Off!

by Rex Pitts (1940-2021)
May 10, 2021

Hats-Off! miniature card game published by E. S. & A. Robinson, c.1930s.

Kamarát Toy Cards

by Simon Wintle
Jan 03, 2014

Kamarát miniature toy playing cards from Czechoslovakia.

1987

Karl Gerich No.16: “Patience Indien”

by Barney Townshend
Jul 26, 2012

Karl Gerich's “Patience Indien No.16”, published in 1991, is adapted from Grimaud's “Whist Indienne” (c.1900). The double-ended courts are dressed in Arab garb.

1991

First published in c.1870, children are presented in these miniature Patience cards disguised as Kings, Queens and Jacks. The Kings' crowns are slightly over-sized for their heads and the children are wearing false beards.

1870

Lettische Patience

by Barney Townshend
Aug 19, 2012

Karl enjoyed experimenting with design and production and this work was published in 1994 as a 32-card pack with one joker. The double-ended courts are, by Gerich's standards, plain with simple costume designs based on the designs of Arturs Duburs.