DECK, CARD
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PLAYING CARDS
- Date Range From
- 1890
- Date Range To
- 1910
- Materials
- PAPER, INK
- Catalogue Number
- P19860085000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PLAYING CARDS
- Date Range From
- 1890
- Date Range To
- 1910
- Materials
- PAPER, INK
- No. Pieces
- 50
- Length
- 6.7
- Width
- 4.5
- Description
- WHITE, OFF WHITE, BLUE, BLACK, RED. MISSING EIGHT OF DIAMONDS, ACE OF SPADES, TWO OF SPADES. ONE BLANK CARD. NO JOKERS. QUEEN OF HEARTS HAS A LENGTHWISE CREASE ON ONE SIDE. THREE OF DIAMONDS HAS LARGE HOLE NEAR CENTRE. ACE OF CLUBS HAS THREE SMALL HOLES, TWO NEAR CENTRE, THE THIRD TO ONE SIDE. KING OF CLUBS TORN CORNER "K" MISSING. FACE OF CARDS SHOWS MEDIEVAL CLOTHED FRENCH ROYALTY. NUMBERED CARDS SHOW SAME NUMBER OF SUIT SYMBOLS AS NUMBER, INSIDE A PERIMETER LINE, IE. THREE OF SPADES IS WRITTEN TWICE, AND THREE SPADES APPEAR. ACE OF EACH SUIT VERY DECORATIVE WITH SUIT SYMBOL INSIDE A ROUNDEL. ALSO EACH BEARS THE WORDS "CHAS GOODALL & SONS LONDON". BACKS BEAR A SHIELD ARROW & QUIVER, HELMET, BISHOPS, MITRE AND SPEAR.
- Subjects
- GAME
- Historical Association
- LEISURE
- History
- DONOR BELIEVES CARDS DATE TO TURN OF CENTURY, BROUGHT FROM ENGLAND AT THAT TIME TO ALBERTA.
- Catalogue Number
- P19860085000
- Acquisition Date
- 1986-06
- Collection
- Museum
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