A "City of London" pack of playing cards,
by The Worshipful Company of Playing Card Makers, 1904,
a single pack with the backs showing a standing female figure emblematic of the City of London, before drapery pulled aside to show a banqueting hall, pink background, chromo-lithographic printing, rounded corners, Ace of Spades as the Master, Major Conway Bishop, in the green slide box with the arms of the livery in gilt,
8.9cm x 6.2cm [52/52].
a single pack with the backs showing a standing female figure emblematic of the City of London, before drapery pulled aside to show a banqueting hall, pink background, chromo-lithographic printing, rounded corners, Ace of Spades as the Master, Major Conway Bishop, in the green slide box with the arms of the livery in gilt,
8.9cm x 6.2cm [52/52].
Sold for
£250
inc. premium
Footnotes
- In April 1906 it was decided to sell 400 packs of the 1904 installation issue (without the Master's portrait on the Ace of Spades), to Goodall & Sons at one shilling per pack, using Goodall's cardboard slide cases.
Category: Collectibles / Toys and Dolls
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