Untitled
Henry Greenwood
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card
Measurements
70 mm (H)45 mm (W)
Place of origin
Liverpool
Order this imageCollection
Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1150763.2
Summary
Card game. One of three sets of 'Games of Quartetts', two cased in card slip case labelled 'Games of Quartetts No. XIV. Compiled expressly for the Instruction and Amusement of Youth. An Hour with the Poets. No.2. London. Houlston and Wright, Paternoster Row. Liverpool. Henry Greenwood, Castle Street. 72 cards 1s.6d.' (ii) tied with elastic band, top card 'Henry VIII'; (iii) with slip case 'Common Things, top card 'Pottery'; insc. as for (i); on reverse insc. in pen 'Childrens Playing Cards'.
Provenance
Given by Phillip Yorke III (1905-1978) along with the estate, house and contents to the National Trust in 1973.
Marks and inscriptions
Makers and roles
Henry Greenwood Houlston and Wright