From the patents, an elegant minimalist set of French pattern playing cards: Arrange by rank, to show the styles In April of 1939, John Caldwell Hampshire (a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing in New York) was granted a patent for a New, Original, and Ornamental design for a Deck of Playing Cards. They are an elegant design, with only the symbol in the centre of the card, and the rank marked by the index. Additionally, the Ace, Jack, Queen, and King had bars in th

Another game from the patents! A forgotten game of lunar phases, clever marketing, and gambling from the Edwardian era: GB Patent No....