Playing Card Pack
1820s (published)
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Pack of playing cards in original wrapper with duty stamp. Woodcuts, with the ace of spades engraved.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | woodcuts |
| Brief description | Hall & Bancks. Pack of playing cards. English, 1820s |
| Physical description | Pack of playing cards in original wrapper with duty stamp. Woodcuts, with the ace of spades engraved. |
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| Object history | Hall & Bancks was a firm founded in 1819 following the marriage of Bancks into the Hall family. Previously it had been Hall & Son (1786-1819). Hall and Bancks were uncle and father of the subsequent 'Banck Brothers' firm. In 1830, Hall & Bancks merged with Hunt & Sons to become one firm although they had separate "Old Frizzles" (a popular name at the time for the Ace of Spades) for some time afterwards. |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1947, London: HMSO, 1950. |
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| Accession number | E.142B-1947 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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