April 2019
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I've been busy sorting out all kinds of things
except playing cards this month. Miriam had always taken care of the
administration here and I had trouble finding all the different papers for
dealing with the administrative aftermath of her demise. So there wasn't
any time to proceed with entering the rest of the Baltic decks in our
collection. Or maybe my head wasn't in the right mind set either. Anyway,
also no new decks were bought. |
About a year ago I bought this lot on the French eBay. It's a complete set of 32 advertising cards, published by Louit Frères & Co from Bordeaux to advertise their chocolate on the front of each card and probably their latest product, "Tapioca-Louit", on the backs. These kind of cards were very popular in France during the first quarter of the 20th century and many companies have published whole series of them. Only some of them have playing cards on them. They were added to or inserted in their products by different companies and complete series could be collected by buying a lot of chocolate, coffee or whatever their product was. Or swapping of course.
The mainly advertised product probably was chocolate, as we've heard them nicknamed "chocolate cards" by some collectors or sellers. The cards are usually somewhat larger than playing cards. The cards from this set measure about 70 by 110 mm. The set could be used for fortune telling. Each card shows a different playing card with a caption to indicate the meaning. In this set the meaning is illustrated in a comical way by a caricatural drawing of a fitting situation. The cards were lithographically printed by the Imprimerie Courbe - Rouiet from Dole-du-Jura. The playing cards have the standard French pattern, so they were not the reason to present this set here. But those cute drawings were!
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Bad woman |
Business man |
Bad person |
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Powerful man and benefactor |
Young man to marry |
Good and sensible woman |
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Fast forward |
Joy at home |
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CLICK ANY ACE TO SEE ALL THE PIP CARDS |
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Big news |
Joy and a nice gift |
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Excellent results |
Flattery, courtiers |
Great success in the world |
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Gossip |
Dangerous man |
The postman |
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The set consists of 32 cards, all with this advertising back.
