Standard playing cards (Continental Card Company, Philadelphia, c. 1875) (Q16162)

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Q16162

Also known as

FARO CARDS

maker

Continental Card Co.

card type

standard playing cards

Suit system

French-suited

place of origin

Philadelphia

publication date

1875 (circa)

maker's mark

AS: [13 Sterne und Adler] | [Farbzeichen im Hufeisen] | CONTINENTAL CARD CO. · Wickel: SQUARED. | LINEN. | FARO CARDS | SEASONED

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. USA 7, Bd. 2, 113)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. USA 7)

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

• 
  Diamonds-King (French)
• 
  Spades-Ace (French)
• 
  Spades-Jack (French)