IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 225123 accession number: P.2-1940(52) DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Wednesday 5 September 2018 updated: Monday 15 January 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: A hand-coloured etching and engraving on pasteboard of the pips; ten large, shovel/sword-like black objects with serrated edges and a snake wound around the hilt. A border of a leek and mistletoe with other plant stems tied with an orange bow at lower centre. The card is unnumbered. From a pack of 52 playing cards which employs fanciful suits based on French and German models themed according to the countries of the United Kingdom: England (Acorns), Scotland (Diamonds), Wales (Spades) and Ireland (Hearts). The British Museum has a set of these cards (1848,1209.296-349) which includes an uncoloured title-card printed with the publisher's details as follows: 'Baker & Co's Eclectic Cards. For England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales. Sold Wholesale and Retail at their Manufactory, No. 2 King Arthur or New Card Court, York Street, Black Friar's Road, London. title: playing card LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints creditline: Given by E. Evelyn Barron, 1940-02-06 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/225123 TECHNIQUES ---------- hand colouring TECHNIQUES ---------- engraving TECHNIQUES ---------- etching CATEGORIES ------ category: print DATING ------ creation date: 1813 - 1813 creation date earliest: 1813 creation date latest: 1813 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown maker: Baker & Co