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

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CATALOGUE OF CARDS.

2. Fragmentary and much injured sheet containing six court cards,
with repetitions, coarsely executed on wood; without suitmarks
and uncoloured. They bear the names Helene, Cecar, Siprinrom,
Lucrece, Carl and Capit. Melv.
3 x 11 in.
3. Domino Cards. Sheet of 21, double-ended; the pips being circles
with human faces in landscapes, executed on wood. Uncoloured.
3 x 1I in.
CARD WRAPPERS.
1. London. J. Bennet; c. 1720. A prettily engraved wrapper,
having a portrait of Queen Anne, with the address "John Bennet
at the Knave of Clubs in Great Brook Street near Hannover
Square, London;" it bears also the cipher of King George and
the words " If sold unlabelled X Pounds penalty." Proof, printed
in brown ink.
[S. Vol. III, pi. 148.]
2. London. Hall and Bancks; c. 1820. Large wrapper made to
contain, probably, three packs of the Great Mogul cards. It has
an engraved portrait of the Great Mogul and the address "Hall
& Bancks, Card Makers to their Majesties, their R.H. the
Princesses, Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and Prince Leopold,
No. 15 Piccadilly, London."
[S. Vol. III, pl. 148.]
3. Engraved portrait of Henry VIII within a laurel frame, with
clipped address below "Principall Super Fine Cards made by..."
[S. Vol. III, pl. 148.]
4. Paris. B. P. Grimaud & Chartier; 19th century. Wrapper for
"Cartes a Jouer, Extra Superfines, Unies Glacees;" with band
bearing the duty stamp " Contribons Indirectes."
5. Paris; c. 1810. Wrapper bearing the device "Au trois Pigeons"
and the mutilated address "Fabrique de J. J. D.... Rue de
Stokis No. 188;" with band on which is the duty stamp of the
First Empire.
6. Paris; 1773. Two models of " bandes de controle " printed in black
and red on the back of an official " avis au Public," dated 1773.
[S. Vol. III, pi. 149.]