Catalogue of the collection of playing cards bequeathed to the Trustees of the British museum by the late Lady Charlotte Schreiber.

ENGLISH CARDS.

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121. "Wishing and Guessing." Pack of 20 printed cards, each
bearing a list of ten objects to be wished for. Half are printed
in black and half in red. With sheet of directions and original
wrapper lettered " Dean's New Wishing Cards or the Secret Told."
24 x 41 in.
122. Pack of 32, in four sets of 8 each, which bear respectively the
royal arms and crown, the arms and crest of the Prince of Wales,
the badge and star of the Order of the Garter, and the arms and
mitre of the Archbishop of Canterbury. With two duplicates.
Backs decorated with a gold pattern on a green ground.
34 x 24 in.
123. Pack of 46, on the first of which is represented the royal crown
and on the rest the coronets of the English peerage and helmets
of baronets, knight and esquires. On each is printed the number
of " votes " it is worth.
34 x 24 in.
124. Pack of 51, bearing representations of various English coins from
sixpence to half-a-guinea, with their values printed below and the
royal crown above. A card of the " Rules of the new Game of
Patch " accompanies the pack, but has no connection with it.
3a x 22 in.
125. Eighteen cards, repetitions of five engraved and coloured fancy
subjects, viz. a mausoleum, an altar, a lamp, a serpent and a
crescent moon. Without inscriptions.
34 x 24 in.
126. Comic. Pack of 56, with a variety of domestic and other subjects
humorously treated. There are fourteen designs, each of which
appears on four cards. The first is a man playing a flute, with
the title " Away with Melancholy." Without title.
34 x 23 in.
(b.) For Cartomancy.
127. "The Gipsey's Last Legacy, or new Pack of FortuneTelling Cards." Pack of 26 printed cards, 13 for telling the
fortunes of ladies, and 13 of gentlemen. The former have a
large letter L in the centre, the latter a G. In pasteboard case
bearing the above title, with a vignette of Sir Joshua Reynolds's
"Fortune Teller," and the address of J. Wallis and J. Wallis, jun.
5 x 3 in.