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Mix and match game cards: torso of a jester

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Location Note

Ephemera: Card Games: Box 1

GUSN

GUSN-195302

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Description

The middle section of a playing card in a mix and match game set. The figure is male, and only his chest appears on the card. The figure wears a red doublet with tails and jingle bells, orange breeches, and a loose collar of what is probably a cap 'n bells. He holds what appears to a be a slapstick in his hands. The colors appear to have been applied by hand.

Details

Descriptive Terms

jesters
jingles
slapsticks
hand coloring
card games (game sets)
doublets
printed ephemera
playing cards

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 000349
AccessID 636
Other identifier HNEDID-000349

Physical Description

1 playing card

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.08.TMP.009

Date Notes

1700s

Record Details

Material Type

playing cards

Subjects

chest

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Ephemera: Card Games: Box 1

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