EARLY & MINTY c1845 NO INDICES SQUARE CORNERED SINGLE COURT FULL POKER CARD DECK

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EARLY & MINTY c1845 NO INDICES SQUARE CORNERED SINGLE COURT FULL POKER CARD DECK
EARLY & MINTY c1845 NO INDICES SQUARE CORNERED SINGLE COURT FULL POKER CARD DECK
ANTIQUE EARLY & MINTY FULL 52 CARD POKER DECK
NO INDICES ~ SQUARE CORNERED ~ SINGLE COURT CARDS
1845 PATTERN By BANCKS BROS CARD MAKERS
WITH A ROYAL WARRANT TO THE QUEEN AND PRINCE OF WALES
Bancks Brothers (Anthony Bancks & Robert Olddiss Bancks, card makers) were successors to Hunt & Sons (1790-c.1840) who were the first maker to modernize the court card designs with a complete redrawing, in which some of the idiosyncrasies which had crept into playing card designs were rationalized.
This Antique full 52 card deck of poker style playing cards is the
SECOND pattern
of
single-figure
(with only one King, Queen and Jack court card image)
cards produced between 1845 to 1865, with plain white backs.
You will see many partial decks before you see a full, complete deck of antique cards. The Maker used this pattern during the Mexican American War period 1848-1850, and this pattern was in use during the U.S. Civil War period during a time when gambling halls, saloons, and barrooms were all using plain back English cards almost exclusively. Playing cards from England were preferred as they are made from thin cardboard stock and have a thin wax coating that makes the cards easier to deal and last longer. The American made Samuel Hart cards of the period were paper thin with no wax coating. The cards have no corner indices (numbers) and the early single-ended court figures, with the Ace of spades having the Maker markings. The cards are slightly oversize; 3 11/16" x 2 9/16", which was the standard size at the time. This is a high quality,
top of the line
card deck by the rare and early maker Bancks Brothers, who were the only playing card Maker to be granted a Royal Warrant by Her Majesty the Queen Victoria and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Note:
all 4 cards of each suit (Kings, Queens & Jacks) have
different patterns
in different color combinations of black, blue, red & yellow.
During this period, parlor games were the most popular type of home entertainment. Some current parlor game card collectors collect decks with different colorful and ornate backs that came in every imaginable design that were used for home parlor games. However, cards used in Gambling Halls, Saloons and Barrooms were purchased with plain backs. Other card makers also made plain card backs in a few different colors, and some had simple geometric patterns such as dots or wavy lines. The cards use in gambling halls were slightly less expensive, used daily, had a short life span with plain backs; unlike most Victorian period parlor game decks that were manufactured with ornate and eye appealing multi-colored card backs in hundreds of patterns, having flowers, pets, famous people, landmark designs, et al.
These cards have no tears, bends, creases or damage. This is a very early 1845 pattern deck in remarkable condition. As expected, there are a couple of cards with a few
very small
random marks and a slight off-white coloration from naturally occurring age and hand oils from actual use. This deck appears to have very little use and is in fine + to minty condition for its extreme age of 156 – 179 years.
These cards would be perfect for any Antique gambling, card, saloon, gambling hall, bar room, casino, Mexican American War or Civil War display when displayed with old scrimshawed Antique poker chips from the 1800’s.
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