Playing cards.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Cards made in sets of a designated number and marked for use as game accessories during play. The markings or designs may follow a standard suit or rank system or may be special and individualized.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Playing cards, used by Lord Milton as labels for bundles of papers, now collected here; only one of each type has been preserved., 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.17867
Dates:
18th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Miscellaneous papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Miscellaneous papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
Sketchbook containing watercolours and pencil sketches by an unidentified artist, chiefly of Kentish scenes and buildings.
File
Identifier: MS.10280
Scope and Contents
There are also a number of portraits and studies of flowers. Two of the sketches are dated 1863 and most of the watercolours are titled. At the end of the volume several playing cards and a sheet of Chinese writing have been inserted.
Dates:
19th century.