Mexican playing cards. Spanish National pattern, Mexico: Don Pedro Cappe, circa 1830, 39 (of 40, without 7 of coins) stencil coloured woodcut playing cards (Spanish suits), with pintas, ace of coins with maker's details, knight of cups with AIVA, soiled and browned, some rubbing and marks, few stains, corner worn round, 7 of cups with small corner loss, 3 of clubs with stitched edge tear, versos blue trellis type pattern, each card 87 x 56 mm, 20 cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of board), the remainder contained in a plastic bag, the board 54.5 x 40 cm (Quantity: 1) Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis. From 1777 all playing cards sold in Mexico had to be imported from Spain: it was only in 1811 that Mexico could again produce its own packs. Mexican-made packs from before the 1860s, such as this one, are scarce (see Denning, The Playing-Cards of Spain, pp.142-144). We can find no reference to this Mexican maker or his cards.
Mexican playing cards. Spanish National pattern, Mexico: Don Pedro Cappe, circa 1830, 39 (of 40, without 7 of coins) stencil coloured woodcut playing cards (Spanish suits), with pintas, ace of coins with maker's details, knight of cups with AIVA, soiled and browned, some rubbing and marks, few stains, corner worn round, 7 of cups with small corner loss, 3 of clubs with stitched edge tear, versos blue trellis type pattern, each card 87 x 56 mm, 20 cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of board), the remainder contained in a plastic bag, the board 54.5 x 40 cm (Quantity: 1) Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis. From 1777 all playing cards sold in Mexico had to be imported from Spain: it was only in 1811 that Mexico could again produce its own packs. Mexican-made packs from before the 1860s, such as this one, are scarce (see Denning, The Playing-Cards of Spain, pp.142-144). We can find no reference to this Mexican maker or his cards.
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