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Provenance: 1. Origin, source 2. The history of o Provenance: 1. Origin, source 2. The history of ownership of a valued object, work of art, literature. When I was first designing a new box for playing cards, I came across bamboo as a material to consider. It is an amazing product, highly sustainable, it can be grown on low grade agricultural land and, most importantly, is an effective climate change mitigation and carbon capture crop. Our boxes are made in Vietnam over a long period of time, which takes some planning! But allows for each box to be handmade in bamboo (I use a small family company in Hanoi) and then expertly lacquered. SE Asia has a long history of lacquer work, going back centuries. When the boxes are finally ready, they take 'the slow boat home' to Bridge in the Box. . . . #provenance #lacquer #boxofplayingcards #learnsomethingnew #playcards #supportsmallbiz #makinganewproduct
Death by Hanging! You will all have probably noti Death by Hanging! You will all have probably noticed that, in a pack of playing cards, the Ace of spades is invariably a more elaborate in design. From 1711 and right up until 1963, taxes were charged on a pack of cards. Initially duty was paid and a random card in the pack was hand stamped to show it had been paid, but in 1765 the Ace of Spades was given a special design and designated as the card on which duty would be shown as paid. The Ace of Spades was stamped using a metal plate and designed to be hard to copy - hence it's detailed features. There was a high price to pay for failing to pay duty however. On 21st September, 1805, at The Old Bailey, Richard Harding, card-maker of Grosvenor Square, "a genteel looking man, powdered and dressed in black" was indicted for forging a stamp on the Ace of Spades "with intent to defraud the duty charged on playing cards" and for selling cards with forged stamps. It was stated in evidence given in the case, that suspicion fell upon Harding when it was noticed that, despite his extensive business, his demands for Aces from the Stamp Office were small. Harding's premises were searched, where forged plates were found and over 2000 forged Aces found in the possession of his daughter. Evidence was given by an engraver to the Stamp Office that the Ace of Spades in a pack purchased from Harding was a forgery. The judge told the jury that '"there could be no doubt" and Harding was duly found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging. The cards in the picture above were given to me by my father in law. They were made during the reign of George III (1760-1820) and, most interestingly, are wrapped in newspaper dated Oct 21st, 1810 giving reports of the Napoleonic Wars which were being fought at the time. I slightly wonder if the newspaper is more valuable than the cards! . . . #stampduty #deathbyhanging #georgelll #playingcardhistory #ididntknowthat #myblog #playingcards #learnsomethingnew
Hoax! Victoria Coren Mitchell was the first woman Hoax! Victoria Coren Mitchell was the first woman to win an event on the European Poker Tour and, the first player to win both a televised professional tournament (EPT London 2006) and a televised celebrity tournament (Celebrity Poker Club 2005), and the first player to win two European Poker Tour Main Events. She has said that she regularly stays up until 6 am, "Smoking and drinking and gambling. But I like cooking and gardening too, which makes me sound like a very strange mix of an old lady and teenage boy." In 2007, after the death of her father, having put a notice in The Times, inviting those who knew him to attend a service, she was warned by a friend that a "gang of serial funeral crashers" based in the south of England were checking death notices to find funerals and memorial services to crash for their own enjoyment. After receiving some suspicious email replies to her notice, she instigated a hoax to trap the group. She created "Sir William Ormerod", along with an online encyclopaedia entry and placed a death notice. A week later, she placed another notice in The Times "in the guise of his grieving boyfriend Peter" for his memorial service "followed by a drinks reception". She reported that the group duly claimed to have known Ormerod and applied for tickets. After first suggesting holding the memorial service and putting laxative in the canapés, she got a friend to telephone the ringleader (a serial fraudster and ex-magistrate) to let it be known that she knew who they were and that he was not welcome, but she let the others in the gang come to her father's service, "gave them a drink and sent them on their way". . . . #victoriacorenmitchell #pokernight #playcards #hoax
Sold for a Farthing is a charming book by Clare Ki Sold for a Farthing is a charming book by Clare Kipps. In July 1940 Kipps adopted a house sparrow that had fallen out of the nest – or, perhaps, been thrown out for having a deformed wing and foot. Clarence became her beloved pet, living for just over 12 years until dying of old age. A former professional musician, Kipps served as an air-raid warden during the war; she and Clarence had a couple of close shaves and had to evacuate London at one point. Clarence sang more beautifully than the average sparrow and could do a card trick and play dead. He loved to nestle inside Kipps’s blouse and join her for naps under the duvet. At age 11 he had a stroke, but vet attention (and champagne) kept him going for another year. . . . . #soldforafarthing #cardtricks #didyouknow #myblog #clarekipps
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