Assorted Hunt & Sons Pips, 1830s British Playing Cards cowhide and later became a stretcher-bearer

and later became a stretcher-bearer with the 1st Engineer Regiment

The gold shows a little brighter or mellowed depending on how it is lit

While designed for storing chewing betel

I bought this box with three sets of cards inside based on one photo not revealing much

Someone more knowledgable than I dates it to about 1880s

Assorted Hunt & Sons Pips, 1830s British Playing Cards cowhide and later became a stretcher-bearerGive me pips over face cards any day, especially when they are beautiful as these. This small assortment are strays from a c. 1830 British deck produced Hunt & Sons stencil painted, square corned cards on super thick (cardboard weight) stock with no indices and all the pips all pointing in one direction. Just lovely things. 3 11 16" x 2 1 2". Some ingrained dirt, scattered stains and age toning as pictured but really great looking still and with no