Pack of playing cards [.2-.54]. For silk lined case see [1908.7.7 .1]. [E.S-R 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 2/2/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Pack of playing cards [.2-.54]. For silk lined case see [1908.7.7 .1]. [E.S-R 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 2/2/2005]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England London
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Thomas De La Rue & Co.; Field collector Frederick John Brown; PRM source Frederick John Brown; PRM source Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1908
Date collected: By 1908
Acquisition information: Donated: 1908
Materials and processes: Material Silk Textile Animal, Material Paper Plant, Process Woven, Process Printed
Dimensions: Length: max 92 mm one card
Object numbers: Accession number: 1908.7.7.2-1908.7.7.54
Research and responses: According to the 1901 census his fuller name was Frederick J. Brown, he was born in Prestbury, Cheshire and was then aged 52, living in Steeple Aston and a clergyman in the Church of England [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 05/01/2007]