c.1865 De La Rue London Playing Cards 52/52Antique English Playing Cards complete 52 52 (no box) Published by De La Rue & Co., London, England, c. 1865 Worldwide Shipping Deck: 19th century Thomas De La Rue & Co. English Playing Cards Description: c. 1865 De La Rue & Co. Playing Cards with floral reverses and one way pips. Complete with 52 52 cards. Lithographic stencils. Deck Identifiers: Courts: turned Reverses: green and violet floral pattern Pips: one way Indices: no indices Style: turned

Indicator Cards: Jack of Clubs with makers brand on shield (Neubau Neustigasse 60)

Games Systems Inc

age darkening and occasional patina

· Reverses: red and purple cross-hatching

pencilled in numerical corner markings

& studio R

· Reverses: artistic pictorial

minor staining to vellum

Belgian Oversea Trading Co

Complete deck with booklet

Paper: thick pasteboard card-stock

ex-ownership signatures on front paste-down