Playing card case
Category
Leatherwork
Date
circa 1920 - circa 1960
Materials
Leather
Measurements
70 x 42 x 62 mm
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Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 207183.1
Summary
A leather playing cards case, in the style of two book covers: one red - 'Idle Moments'; one cream - 'Let Us Play'. This is for two packs of miniature playing cards, one set pink the other blue, both with a bird design in the centre.
Provenance
Part of the Bambridge Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1976 by Mrs Elsie Bambridge (1896-1976).
Marks and inscriptions
On spine: Idle Moments On spine: Let Us Play