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Playing card

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made in Edinburgh

Postcard of Playing card.
000-190-000-829-C
© National Museums Scotland

Playing card

This is the one of diamonds, 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 card depicts the arms of three Scottish Lords - Kinnaird, Abercrombie and Home.

The 'queens' is this pack of cards show the arms of the Dukes of Hamilton, Gordon, Queensberry and Lennox. The 'kings' have the arms of Scotland, France, Ireland and England.


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Online ID: 000-190-000-829-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
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