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Whist No. 290
Title
Whist No. 290.
Publication
Altenburg : Altenburg Spielkartenfabrik A.G., [1886?]
Physical Description
52 cards : color ; 91 x 62 mm.
Medium
engraving
stenciling (process)
Local Notes
BEIN GER157: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards.
Notes
Title from slip case.
Suit system: French.
Type: XP-16.
Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2].
Aces: Pictorial aces; AS: L'EGLISE DES INVALIDES A PARIS // CANONS DES INVALIDES A PARIS; AH: PLACE DE LA CONCORDE A PARIS // THEATRE LYRIQUE A PARIS; AD: LA BOURSE A PARIS // JARDIN DES TUILERIES A PARIS; AC: PONT NEUF ET STATUE DE HENRY IV A PARIS // PORTE ST. MARTIN A PARIS.
CourtCards: KS holds sword and sceptre; QS looks at locket; KH holds sceptre in left hand, orb in right; QH holds bird in left hand; KD with right hand on top of angular shield; KC holds sceptre in left hand, right hand rests on harp with head.
Issued in slip case, white: Whist No. 290 / ALTENBURGER / SPIELKARTENFABRIC / ALTENBURG.
Tax stamp on AD, purple.
Format
Images
Added to Catalog
September 30, 2020
References
Keller, W.B. Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library, GER157
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Playing cards.
Tax stamps (Printing)
Also listed under
Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Germany Altenburg.
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