Playing cards
by or after Goodall, Charles and Son Ltd
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
c. 1830 - c. 1930
Materials
Card
Measurements
32 x 85 mm; 120 mm (Length)
Place of origin
London
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 1517609
Summary
Maroon and black box of Patience playing cards with 2 deck compartments containing 2 card sets, a red one and a blue one.
Full description
Charles Goodall was a British playing card maker based in London who started his business in the 1820's.Goodall, alongside competitor De La Rue, accounted for approximately two-thirds of domestic playing card production by 1850. In 1922, Charles Goodall and Son was merged with De La Rue. The Camden Works were kept open until around 1929, and the Goodall name and brand names were still used until much later.
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs Petronella Burnett-Brown December 2009.
Makers and roles
by or after Goodall, Charles and Son Ltd, manufacturer