playing card

One of a pack of Spanish playing cards, known as the Baraja Espanõla (Spanish Deck), with four suits: i. clubs, represented by sprouting cudgels. ii. coins, represented by a six- pointed star inside a spiked circle. iii. cups. iv. swords. This card is the Four of Cups. An inscription on the top half of the card reads 'NAIPES INTRANSPARENTES DE UNA HOJA', and an inscription on the bottom half of the card reads 'HIJOS DE HERACLIO FOURNIER No. 55 VITORIA ESPAÑA'.

There are two extra cards in the pack, bearing the maker's name, 'Naipes Heraclio Fournier', and place of manufacture ('Vitoria Espana'), and a picture of the factory. The maker's name is also found on some of the aces. The reverse of each card bears a complicated line design in blue.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
25.9.50/27
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 95.25 mm x 57.15 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
cardboard; pigment
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
In storage
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