Jacquemin Gringonneur Playing Cards.

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Gambling Memorabilia & Playing Cards

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Mar 28, 2020

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  Jacquemin Gringonneur Playing Cards. Paris, ca. 1868. Double deck 52 + OB. Box bears ?Jacquemin Gringonneur B.S.G.D.G? text below a full-length portrait. The clubs, diamonds and heart pips all have flowers or birds delicately inscribed inside their forms, and the spades represent spear points. The courts are all named: KS ?David,? QS ?Pallas,? JS ?Hoogier,? Kd ?Caesar,? QD ?Rachel,? JD ?Hector,? Kh ?Charles,? QH ?Judith,? JH ?Lahire,? Kc ?Alexander,? QC ?Argine,? JC ?Lancelot.? KD design includes the initials ?B.S.G.D. G? at bottom. Green and pink backs. Gold illumination throughout. Cary Vol. I, pg. 192, #348. Verame, pg. 70.
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