Assorted Hunt & Sons Pips, 1830s British Playing Cards cowhide and "brilliant blue and green

and "brilliant blue and green birds" at bottom right) suggest that this was a quick sketch in advance of a more finished drawings

The gold shows a little brighter or mellowed depending on how it is lit

Someone more knowledgable than I dates it to about 1880s

I bought this box with three sets of cards inside based on one photo not revealing much

Assorted Hunt & Sons Pips, 1830s British Playing Cards cowhide and "brilliant blue and greenGive me pips over face cards any day, especially when they are beautiful as these. This small assortment are strays from a c. 1830 British deck produced Hunt & Sons stencil painted, square corned cards on super thick (cardboard weight) stock with no indices and all the pips all pointing in one direction. Just lovely things. 3 11 16" x 2 1 2". Some ingrained dirt, scattered stains and age toning as pictured but really great looking still and with no