Standard playing cards (Pierre-Antoine Keusters, Brussels, c. 1785) (Q13890)

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Q13890

Also known as

CARTES FINES

maker

Pierre-Antoine Keusters

card type

standard playing cards

Suit system

French-suited

number of cards

52

place of origin

Brussels

publication date

1785 (circa)

maker's mark

A DEUX TETES · CARTES FINES · FABRIQUEE PAR P: A: KEUSTERS

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. BEL 18, Bd. 1, 75)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. BEL 18)

Source

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981)

Rights status

work in the public domain

Cards

• 
  Hearts-King (French)
• 
  Spades-Queen (French)
• 
  Clubs-Jack (French)

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1785), Brüssel belonged to the territory of Österreichische Niederlande. No playing-card tax system is recorded for this territory at this time — so there are no tax stamps to look for here.