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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CATCATiL OGUE OF CARDS.

210. Place of issue uncertain. Complete pack, in which the lower
part of every card is occupied by a bar of music, with German
words "Liebliche Lied," etc. The figures on the court cards are
only half-length, the kings being sixteenth century soldiers and
the queens and knaves modern domestic characters. Backs plain.
31 x 2 in.
211. Place of issue uncertain; 19th century. Complete pack,
double-ended. The knave of hearts holds a shield charged with
the arms of Hesse (?) No inscriptions. Backs decorated with a
pattern of stars, in blue.
31 x 21 in.
212. Place of issue uncertain; 18th century. Complete pack, of
small size, with court cards of the Bavarian type. No inscriptions.
Backs plain.
21 x 11 in.
213. Place of issue uncertain; modern. Complete pack, of the
common kind, double-ended. No inscriptions. Backs decorated
with a pattern of strokes and dots, in blue.
34 x 21 in.
214. Place of issue uncertain; modern. Imperfect miniature pack
of 31, with full length figures on the court cards. The knave of
hearts holds a shield charged with the Prussian eagle, and the
knave of clubs has one inscribed "St." The missing card is the
ace of hearts. Backs decorated with a diagonal pattern of dots,
in red.
1 x 4 in.
215. Humorous fortune-telling; c. 1820. "Blicke in die Zukunft."
Complete pack, having a burlesque subject in the lower part of
each card, with a miniature card and four German lines above.
The subject of the ace of hearts is Cupid shooting with bow and
arrow; that of the king of clubs, a man seated drinking wine.
Backs plain. In cardboard case lettered "Blicke in die Zukunft
humouristische Warnungen und Scherze. Allen Schonen gewidmet," etc.
21 x 1l in.
216. Humorous fortune-telling; c. 1820. Complete pack, having
on the pip cards designs in outline, with which the suitmarks are
more or less incorporated, and on the court cards coloured figures
of heathen divinities. Every card has a German title, "Wohnhaus," "Liebes-Gedanken," etc. Backs, decorated with a plain