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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2CIATALOGUE OF CARDS.

on the 10 of bells. Of several cards only fragments have been
preserved. The missing cards are the 8, upper knave and king of
hearts; the 7 of bells; the ace, 9, under knave and king of acorns,
and the deuce and 8 of leaves.
3 x 13 in.
95. Place of issue uncertain; modern. Complete pack of the
common kind. No inscriptions. Backs decorated with a diagonal
pattern of acorns.
35 x 2 in.
96. Fortune-telling; 1793. Complete engraved pack, numbered
throughout 1-32; every card having at each end a German word
or sentence indicating good or bad fortune. The ace of bells has
an impaled coat of arms; that of hearts an emblem of Love; that
of leaves a figure of Fortune; and that of acorns a bear supporting
a shield, with a scroll inscribed " Duremouri 1793," probably the
artist's name. Backs decorated with a pattern of red crosses.
21 x 13 in. [S. Vol. II, pl. 118.]
97. Fortune-telling; early 19th century. Complete pack in which
the designs, which are of the ordinary kind, occupy only the upper
portions of the cards, the remainder being filled with type-printed
German sentences, indicating good or bad fortune. In green
cardboard case lettered " Glickskarte."
3 x 1i in.
98. Fortune-telling. Imperfect pack of 31, without suitmarks;
numbered throughout 1-32. Each card is filled with type-printed
German sentences, the suit and value being expressed in words.
In cardboard case lettered "Neue Zieh und Wahrsagerkarte
No. 64." The missing card is No. 5.
31 x 2j in.
99. Fortune-telling. Complete pack, without suitmarks. Each card
bears three type-printed German sentences and has the suit
expressed in words at the top, as " Herz-Ass," " Herz VII," etc.
Backs plain. In pasteboard case.
3i x 2 in.
100. Fortune-telling. Imperfect pack of 24, similar to the last, with
the same sentences printed in a different type. The pack is
accompanied by another of 45, on each of which is a German love
sentiment in prose or verse. In old pasteboard case.
23 x 1 in.