Playing card
Chas. Goodall and Sons Ltd
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard.
Measurements
Each card - 90 mm (length); 65 mm (width), Box - 100 mm (length); 70 mm (width)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 661096
Summary
A set of playing cards in a homemade box which was made of multicoloured cardboard. On the back is stuck a card which is printed in red and white depicting a sailor at sea standing by a gun. On the front is stuck a piece of card that may have come from the original box. It is printed in red and white and reads ' "With the Flag" Playing cards, Manufactured in England. The standard playing cards have conventional faces and the backs depict the sailor already described. Total number of items is 54.
Makers and roles
Chas. Goodall and Sons Ltd, maker