Rare Hunt and Sons 1830s British Playing Cards, Heavy Stock, Diamonds modernist print hanging upside down

hanging upside down

One leg has a little bit of wiggle but all all are firmly attached and it is super solid and sturdy to sit on

which feel both very much like traditional quilt designs

The paint on the hand has a bit of a flesh-tone to it--as compared to the whiter paint of the stripes

The cap shows some age and a couple of dings

Rare Hunt and Sons 1830s British Playing Cards, Heavy Stock, Diamonds modernist print hanging upside downGorgeous! I wish I had a complete deck of these Hunt & Sons c. 1830 British playing cards, but it's not surprising that over the past nearly 200 years some have been lost, so I've divided them into suits. The diamonds are complete excepting the king. I've been trying to learn a little more about varieties of antique playing cards and what distinguishes specific decks. This stencil painted deck (producing the great bleeding edges around the suits) is