Carving cards

Description

Title: Carving cards
Creator: Moxon, Joseph, 1627-1691, playing card maker
Contributor: Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Published / Created: [1680?]
Publication Place: London, England and England London
Publisher: Joseph Moxon, at the sign of the Atlas
Description: BEIN ENG144: Imperfect: lacking Ace of Diamonds, King-Jack of Diamonds, 10 of Spades, 4-2 of Hearts, 10-2 of Diamonds. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards.
Title from Keller
French suit system.
Type: Original design.
Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2].
Aces indicated by "I"; Ace of Spades: Tart; Ace of Hearts: Calves head; Ace of Clubs: Side of Green fish.
CourtCards: Courts are head and shoulder portraits; King-Jack of Spades: Venison Pasty, Red Deer Pie, Minced Pie; King-Jack of Hearts: Sr.Loyn of Beef, Hanch of Venison, Gammon of Beacon; King-Jack of Clubs:Pickle Herring, Salmon, Pyke.
Pip cards numbered X-II; 9-2 of Spades: Turkey Pie, Lamb Pie, Pidgeon Pie, Lomber Pie, Potato Pie, Hare Pie, Coney Pie, Tongue Pie; Hearts: Sholder of Mutton, Ribbs of Beef, Loyn of Veal, Breast of Veal, Sholder of Veal, Fore Quarter of Lamb; Clubs: Cods head, Lobster, Sturgeon, Mackrel, Soal, Trout, Turbet, Carp, Tench.
Tax stamp on AS, red: [filigree and crown] VI Pence.
The decorative border distinguishes these cards from those of 1676.
Extent: 52 cards : 89 x 56 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.

Genre: Specimens
Early works to 1800
Pictorial works
Playing cards
Tax stamps (Printing)
Material: black and white ; and engraving
Resource Type: text and still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Playing cards
Carving (Meat, etc.)
Subjects: Playing cards > England > Specimens > Early works to 1800
Carving (Meat, etc.) > Pictorial works > Early works to 1800
Cary, Melbert B., Jr., 1892-1941 > Ownership
Cary, Mary Flagler > Ownership

Access: Public
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