Playing card set
Thomas De La Rue and Co. Ltd
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card and paper
Measurements
Box - 99 mm (length); 69 mm (width); 23 mm (height)
Place of origin
Bunhill Row, 11
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 668272
Summary
A set of playing cards in the original box. Inside the box are a set of standard playing cards. The box has a picture of the head of a man wearing an ornate turban in an oval frame on the front. Also within the frame is a title 'Great Mogul'. Round this frame, in the four corners, are four hearts and written 'De La Rue Patent Dexter Playing Cards London'. On the back of the box is a facsimile of the back of the cards - a spray of red lilies. Total number of items is 54.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mr and Mrs Gammons in February 1994.
Makers and roles
Thomas De La Rue and Co. Ltd , maker