Ephemera: Card Games: Box 1
GUSN-195301
In this top section of a playing card in a mix and match game set, only the head of a jester appears. The jester wears a white cap 'n bells, or coxcomb, a floppy, cloth hat with three points and a jingle bell at the end of each point. The three points signify the asses's ears and tails that jesters wore during an earlier period. A slightly crazed smile plays on his face. The colors appear to have been applied by hand.
jesters
jingles
card games (game sets)
faces (animal or human components)
printed ephemera
playing cards
DigitalID 000427
AccessID 635
Other identifier HNEDID-000427
1 playing card
EP001
Ephemera collection
EP001.08.01.004.008
1700s
playing cards
cap n bells
head
smiling
Component
Ephemera: Card Games: Box 1
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