Spanish playing cards. A deck of playing cards, Barcelona: Torras Y Sanmartí, 1831, forty-eight wood engraved cards with stencilled colouring (complete), comprising four suits of twelve (national suits), each with ace, pip cards 2-9, and three full-length court cards (king, knight, jack), 4 of cups with device of a horse between two towers and bearing the tax collector’s signature, 5 of swords with colouring a little smudged, blue patterned versos, 90 x 60mm (3.5 x 2.25ins), together with a collection of 18 circular black pressed glass gaming counters, 1 bearing an incised illustration of a classical building (made into a button), and 17 bearing a recessed relief head portrait, comprising 8 identical of a bearded man in a hat, 1 of a bearded gentleman wearing a helmet (made into a button), and 8 identical of a young lady, latter each with curious illustration of 2 circus figures incised on reverse, all with small hole drilled through side, diameter 22mm (.75ins) (Qty: 2) Provenance: Collection of Jack Webb (1923-2019), London.
Spanish playing cards. A deck of playing cards, Barcelona: Torras Y Sanmartí, 1831, forty-eight wood engraved cards with stencilled colouring (complete), comprising four suits of twelve (national suits), each with ace, pip cards 2-9, and three full-length court cards (king, knight, jack), 4 of cups with device of a horse between two towers and bearing the tax collector’s signature, 5 of swords with colouring a little smudged, blue patterned versos, 90 x 60mm (3.5 x 2.25ins), together with a collection of 18 circular black pressed glass gaming counters, 1 bearing an incised illustration of a classical building (made into a button), and 17 bearing a recessed relief head portrait, comprising 8 identical of a bearded man in a hat, 1 of a bearded gentleman wearing a helmet (made into a button), and 8 identical of a young lady, latter each with curious illustration of 2 circus figures incised on reverse, all with small hole drilled through side, diameter 22mm (.75ins) (Qty: 2) Provenance: Collection of Jack Webb (1923-2019), London.
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