RecordPlaying cardmade in Edinburgh
Playing cardThis is the three of spades, one of a pack of 53 playing cards engraved in 1691 by Walter Scott, an Edinburgh goldsmith. The cards show the royal arms and arms of the Scottish nobility who sat in Parliament. The arms of the Scottish Lords Elphingston (of Balmerinoch), Stuart (of Blantyre), Areskin and Cranston are depicted on this card. By the sixteenth century, thousands of European card makers were producing millions of packs of cards, however few survive from that time. The first heraldic cards were probably those made by Claude Oroncé Finé, M. de Brianville in Lyons in 1658-9. Record detailsTo search on related items, click any linked text below.
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