This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/28/2020
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.