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Games & Playing Cards
A selection of games and playing cards from the 17th and 18th Centuries
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This replica pack of cards is a complete set of 52 cards based on a set of German engraved silver cards dating from the year 1616. It features the four Italian suits: swords, batons, cups, and coins. Each suit has a King, a Knight rather than a Queen, a Knave rather than a Jack, and then the normal Ace through to ten numbered cards. There are no Jokers in this pack as these weren't featured in packs of playing cards until about 1860. Printed on... |
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This is a set of replica playing cards of a pack first sold in the year 1700. It consists of the standard four houses and features characters from 17th Century Burlesque Theatre (no not the striptease kind). There are no Jokers in this pack as these weren't featured in packs of playing cards until about 1860. Printed on period correct Laid card. The cards are also available with a period wooden holder based on surviving examples. The cards are... |
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The Beggar's Opera with lyrics and dialogue by the poet John Gay (1685-1732) was first performed on 29 January 1728. The music was taken from many popular tunes of' the day, mostly English and Scottish, even some French, and chosen and arranged by John Christopher Pepusch, a German who had settled in England and who was a composer as well as an adapter of' stage musical works. Gay had told Pope that he thought "A Newgate Pastoral might make an... |
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