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.

48. Florence; 18th century. Eighteen pieces belonging to another
pack of the same cards; unmounted and uncoloured. They are:the 3, knave, knight and queen of cups; the knave, knight, queen
and king of swords; the 4, knight, queen and king of coins; the
knave, knight, queen and king of clubs, and Nos. XXVI and
XXVII of the atutti.
49. Florence; 18th century. Imperfect pack of the same cards,
coloured. Nineteen are missing, viz., the 3-9 of cups; the 5 and
knight of coins; the 6 and 8-king of clubs; and the last two atutti.
Backs decorated with a design of two nymphs disarming Cupid,
with the word " Dido."
50. Florence; 18th century. Thirty-five of the atutti belonging to
another pack of the same cards; coloured. Backs decorated with
an imperial eagle holding the arms of Lorraine and Medici.
51. Florence; 18th century. Imperfect pack of 51, rudely executed
and coloured. The missing cards are the 2, 4, 6-10, queen and
king of cups; the 3, 6, 8, 10 and knight of swords; the 4-8, knight
and queen of coins; the 6, 7, 8, 10 and knight of clubs; and
atutti Nos. II, III, VIII, IX, XII-XV, XVII, XVIII, XXII,
XXIV-XXVI, XXIX, XXXIV, XXXV, XXXVII, XXXVIII,
and XL. Backs decorated with the Medici arms, and inscribed
" Firenze."
4 x 21 in.
52. Florence; 18th century. Imperfect pack of 96, very rudely
executed and coloured. The missing card is No. XXVII of the
atutti. Backs decorated with a figure of Andromeda, and inscribed
"Etruria."
34 x 24 in.
53. Florence; 18th century. Complete pack, rudely executed and
coloured. Backs decorated with the arms of Austria between
Lorraine and Medici, and inscribed "Poverino."
3T x 21 in.
54. Florence; 18th century. Imperfect pack of 31, differing from the
last only in the decoration of the backs, which is a group of a
woman, children and a cow, with the word " Poverino." The
missing cards are:-the 2, 6-9, knave and knight of cups; the
ace, 4-6, 9, knight and king of swords; the 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, knave
and king of coins; the ace, 4, 8, 10, knight and king of clubs;
and all the atutti except Nos. II and III.