Playing card
Castell Brothers Ltd
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
circa 1940 - 1950
Materials
Printed cardboard
Measurements
88 mm (height) x 58 mm (width) (each card)
Place of origin
London
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672101.2
Summary
The cards for a Peter Pan card game dating from the 1940s. There are 45 cards. The front of each of 44 cards has a character or scene from the story of Peter Pan and a number printed in the top left corner in blue, red, green on a yellow background or white on a blue background. The other card is a 'Joker', which has a 'J' in the top left corner and an image of Peter Pan standing on a rock. The back of each card is an image printed in red of Peter Pan playing a flute/pipe while standing on a rock with mountains and fairies around him. The card game is part of the Pepys Series published by Castell Brothers Ltd, London and Glasgow, Great Britain with permission from the original publishers of the Peter Pan card game Messrs. H. P. Gibson & Sons Ltd.
Provenance
Donated to the National Trust Museum of Childhood by Jane Shuker in 2015. Owned by the donor and her sister Mary in the 1950s or early 1960s.
Makers and roles
Castell Brothers Ltd, manufacturer