French playing cards. French army pack, Paris: Henry & Cie, circa 1855, 22 (of 32, without: Q, 10-9 spades; J diamonds; J, 9-8 clubs; 10, 8-7 hearts) stencil coloured lithographed playing cards (French suits), each card with a miniature standard French pattern card to two corners (single figure named courts), the captioned cards depict members of Napoleon III's new imperial army, some brown toning and spotting, Q clubs with small brown stain to upper right corner, square corners (lightly rounded from use), versos plain white, each card 77 x 51 mm, together with Characters pack, Pont à Mousson: Marcel Vagné, circa 1890, the complete piquet deck of 32 stencil coloured lithographed playing cards (French suits), each with miniature non-standard playing card to upper left, and depicting a named character from literature, nursery rhymes or a national character, ace of hearts with maker's details, generally toned, slight wear to few edges or corners, K clubs with tiny edge tear, square corners, versos plain 'white', each card approximately 80 x x 58 mm, all cards mounted with photo corners onto 2 display boards (42 x 59 cm and smaller), encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of boards) (Quantity: 2) Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis. First item: The only reference to this unusual deck we have found is in the MGM Joker KG catalogue for November 1992: Collection Gene Hochman Part II, #76. Napoleon III created his new Imperial Guard in 1854. Second item: We have found no other examples of this deck. Marcel Vagné (1842-1901) took over the large Haguenthal imaging printing house in Pont-à-Mousson (Moselle) in 1880, where he produced mainly games for children. Apparently his works were known for being poor quality in both design and creation - Dudley Ollis noted that these cards are printed on 'poor friable stock'. The various characters portrayed in this pack include: Chinois, Cadet Roussel, Robinson Crusoe, Negre, Don Quixote, Colombine, and others. The miniature court cards show single figure jacks, but the kings and queens are busts of named French royalty.
French playing cards. French army pack, Paris: Henry & Cie, circa 1855, 22 (of 32, without: Q, 10-9 spades; J diamonds; J, 9-8 clubs; 10, 8-7 hearts) stencil coloured lithographed playing cards (French suits), each card with a miniature standard French pattern card to two corners (single figure named courts), the captioned cards depict members of Napoleon III's new imperial army, some brown toning and spotting, Q clubs with small brown stain to upper right corner, square corners (lightly rounded from use), versos plain white, each card 77 x 51 mm, together with Characters pack, Pont à Mousson: Marcel Vagné, circa 1890, the complete piquet deck of 32 stencil coloured lithographed playing cards (French suits), each with miniature non-standard playing card to upper left, and depicting a named character from literature, nursery rhymes or a national character, ace of hearts with maker's details, generally toned, slight wear to few edges or corners, K clubs with tiny edge tear, square corners, versos plain 'white', each card approximately 80 x x 58 mm, all cards mounted with photo corners onto 2 display boards (42 x 59 cm and smaller), encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of boards) (Quantity: 2) Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis. First item: The only reference to this unusual deck we have found is in the MGM Joker KG catalogue for November 1992: Collection Gene Hochman Part II, #76. Napoleon III created his new Imperial Guard in 1854. Second item: We have found no other examples of this deck. Marcel Vagné (1842-1901) took over the large Haguenthal imaging printing house in Pont-à-Mousson (Moselle) in 1880, where he produced mainly games for children. Apparently his works were known for being poor quality in both design and creation - Dudley Ollis noted that these cards are printed on 'poor friable stock'. The various characters portrayed in this pack include: Chinois, Cadet Roussel, Robinson Crusoe, Negre, Don Quixote, Colombine, and others. The miniature court cards show single figure jacks, but the kings and queens are busts of named French royalty.
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