Old Cards From Other Collections

 

The Cuming Museum Southwark

The Cuming Museum has a fair-sized collection of English and European playing-cards. The link shows two hard-to-find early English Makers

The Ancient House Thetford

Some very early court cards from the mid to late seventeenth century now kept at The Ancient House, Thetford, Norfolk.
Douce Collection, The Bodleian Library Uncoloured court cards from the Douce Collection at the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
British Museum E167

Uncoloured sheet, late C17, 2 rows of cards
Jack of clubs marked "C Hewson"

British Museum E167a Two uncoloured sheets, late C17,
one with red suits one black
Jack of Clubs marked "C Hewson"
British Museum E168

Four uncoloured sheets, late C17,
3 cards wide and 3 rows
Each has one suit's courts three times
Hearts, diamonds, spades twice

No Jack of clubs Present

Fitzwilliam, Cards by Marechal Two cards found in Trinity College, attributed to Pierre Maréchal, early 1600s.
Fitzwilliam, Cards by Beniere Cards found in Trinity College, Nicholas Beniere, mid 1600s.
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