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.

On the ace of cups is a large spread eagle. The missing cards
are the knight of cups; the 2 and king of swords; the 8, knight
and king of coins; and the 9 of clubs. Backs decorated with
a formal diagonal pattern in black and white.
58 x 23 in.
VI.-PACK OF 32.
118. Place of issue uncertain. A peculiarly composed, but apparently complete, pack, consisting of the ace, knight, queen and
king of the suits cups and coins, and the ace-9 with same court
cards of swords and clubs. The subjects are somewhat fancifully
treated, the swords being modern sabres and the clubs plain
cudgels. On all the aces the suitmark is held by a dragon.
Without inscriptions and uncoloured.
3 x 1 in.
VII.-COMPOSITE CARDS.
119. Place of issue uncertain. "A. S. Marco." Pack of 30, of the
ordinary type, of which 12 are whole cards and the remaining
18 composite; that is, each is formed of the halves of two
different cards which have been divided diagonally, none being
repeated. The 4 of coins bears the arms of Mirandola. Backs
decorated with a view of a castle seen through an archway, and
inscribed "A. S. Marco."
34 x 13 in.
120. Place of issue uncertain. " A. S. Marco." Pack of 30, similar
to the preceding in all except the decoration of the backs, which
is a fountain with a female figure on a dolphin.
VIII.-FRAGMENTARY PACKS AND ODD CARDS.
121. Bologna; "al Soldato." Two cards; the ace of cups and the
knight of clubs. Backs decorated with the arms of Guidotti (?)
supported by an amorino, and inscribed " Al Soldato."
44 x 2 in.
122. Bologna; "al Soldato." Two cards; the knave and king of
clubs. The former holds a shield inscribed " Libertas," and
the latter a shield charged with a figure of a mounted knight.
Backs decorated with a design of Hercules killing the hydra, and
inscribed " Al Soldato."
41 x 14 in.