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Playing card

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made in Edinburgh

Postcard of Playing card.
000-190-000-821-C
© National Museums Scotland

Playing card

This is the four 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 Forbes, Fraser, Gray and Cathcart are depicted on this card.

Today, the geography of Europe of three or four hundred years ago is reflected in playing cards. There are similarities in packs from Macau and Brazil - both influenced by a Portuguese design from colonial times.


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Online ID: 000-190-000-821-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.NS 211
Date: 1691
Material:
Dimensions: 80 mm H x 60 mm W
What: Card, playing / photograph
Subject:
Who: Lyon Office
Walter Scott, Edinburgh (Maker)
Where: Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh
Event:
Description: Pack of playing-cards with the arms of the Scottish nobility, by Walter Scott, Edinburgh, 1691, comprising 53 cards in all together with a photograph of the missing seven of hearts
References:
  • Mann, Sylvia. Collecting Paying Cards. USA: Bell Publishing Company Inc. 1967, p 10. 
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