This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/19/2018
Jacquemin Gringonneur Playing Cards. Paris: ca. 1868. Double deck 52 + OB. Excellent. Box has “Jacquemin Gringonneur B.S.G.D.G” bottom right. Beautifully designed. The clubs, diamonds and heart pips all have flowers or birds delicately inscribed inside and the spades are 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. The KD has “B.S.G.D. G” at the bottom. Green and pink backs. Considerable gold illumination throughout. Cary Vol. I, pg. 192, #348. Verame, pg. 70.