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English playing cards. Standard deck, Thomas Creswick, circa 1835

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Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

circa 1835

Standard deck, Thomas Creswick, circa 1835, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured wood-engraved playing cards (French suits), single-figure type CR1 courts, with type II red jacks, Old Frizzle AS, very lightly toned, QH with tiny brown spot to blank area, 2H moderately toned with few minor spots, 5C with small brown stain, 9H with tiny mark, otherwise apparently unused, square corners, versos pink with black starbursts pattern, each card 92 x 64 mm, together with: Standard deck, Hunt & Sons, circa 1840, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured woodcut playing cards (French suits), single-figure type HB1 courts, superfine stamp on AC, Old Frizzle AS, faintly bowed, somewhat toned and dusty, 6 & 9C with a minor mark, 2S with tiny surface loss to blank area, otherwise apparently unused, square corners, versos plain white, each card 93 x 64 mm QTY: (2) NOTE: Berry, Playing-Cards of the World, IV 10 [202] and IV 9 [668](a) respectively.

Evidence at a glance

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Physical characteristics

Material (listing wording)
stencil coloured wood-engraved
Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
92 x 64 mm

Identification

Source note
Auction-house description published on Invaluable. Attribution and measurements are the auction house’s statements about the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
Listing object ID
197715550

Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.

Research required

  • Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.
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