The Winterthur Library. Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. Title: Collection of toys and games. Dates: circa Call No. Quantity: circa 6 cu. Location: 38 G-I and map case 3, drawer 9. This is an artificial collection formed by gathering together toys, card games, board games, paper dolls, puzzles, and some scrap that were not already part of other collections. Some items were commercially printed, while others are home-made. Further acquisitions will be added to the collection as received.
Each item is individually cataloged. Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply. England , circa Another pack of cards printed around the same time satirized the South Sea Bubble, but this pack was printed to satirize or perhaps just to warn people against other spurious get-rich-quick schemes.
Presidential flash cards, These flashcards contain black and white lithographed portraits of the first 20 presidents of the United States. Each card uses the same background and lists birth date, birth place, and death date of the presidents. Printed by J. Chase Art Gallery of Narwalk, Ohio. All items in good condition. Peep show depicting a gathering of freemasons. The setting, the inside of a meeting hall, features such scenes as a group of men sitting at a head table, a group looking at a globe, a few men gathered in front of what appears to be nautical instruments, and others standing or sitting at tables talking.
Text of title in French. In a slipcase covered with marbled paper; title from slip case. In his shops in London and Westminster , he taught all parts of mathematics including the use of instruments. Tuttell was particularly noted for his quality work in silver, brass, ivory, and wood.
Tuttell is reported to have drowned in while surveying the coast of England. This set of engraved playing cards by Thomas Tuttell, dating , depicts various mathematical instruments and their application to various occupations. The upper right hand corner contains a depiction of a small playing card.
