Vintage (antique?) Fournier (1 Viewer)

[2jzMk3]

Hello,

A good friend of mine got me this old deck. I’ve never handled a deck this old before. No numbers on the cards, super cool to me! Not sure of the age but they definitely are old old old.

Anyway, wanted to share some photos with y’all.

 

[orsonberger]

Wow, this is very old and hard to find congrats this cards is made from the factory of daughter of Braulio Fournier , brother of Heraclio Fournier.
sorry is in Spanish.
https://burgospedia1.wordpress.com/2010/06/20/heraclio-fournier-empresario-litografo/

 

[2jzMk3]

Thanks for the info! I guess I should have paid attention in high school Spanish class

 

[FDLmold]

Those are classy. Assuming they are plastic?

 

[1A25R]

For deduction on the dates given in the article Hija de B. Fournier is stablished by 1896 and disappeared in 1945

 

[1A25R]

Julio Laje imported cards in Argentina during the 30's and 40's and the orange/brown 'Mercury' tax stamp on the Ace of Hearts were used between 1924-1943.

 

[Chyros]

Somewhat of a topic necro, but for those who are wondering, this type of index-less card is often associated with playing baccarat, particularly Chemin de Fer. Modern casino versions almost invariably use indexed cards nowadays, though, and it's very hard to find ANY index-less cards in this day and age (only ones I can think of are by Dal Negro). James Bond films tend to show their Chemin de Fer scenes with old baccarat cards, though.

 

[poois19]

Those are cool cards what type of games would even be played with those?

 

[1A25R]

I remember playing 'Canasta' with my grand mother when I was a kid.
Canasta mean 'basket' and it's a kind of rummy game. The goal it's to made a suit of seven cards.

 

[2jzMk3]

Indexless cards can be used for a game called Scopa. Which in Italian, directly translated would be to broom or to sweep, in slang it is to get laid.

Either way, fun card game. 40 cards to a deck. 1-7, face cards are 8-10.
Here is a tradition scopa deck. Dal Negro

 

[2jzMk3]

Somewhat of a topic necro, but for those who are wondering, this type of index-less card is often associated with playing baccarat, particularly Chemin de Fer. Modern casino versions almost invariably use indexed cards nowadays, though, and it's very hard to find ANY index-less cards in this day and age (only ones I can think of are by Dal Negro). James Bond films tend to show their Chemin de Fer scenes with old baccarat cards, though.

Mondiano makes some as well. Just found a couple decks in a drawer.

 

[DonkeyKing]

Here's another type.

 

[TheBigTater]

Fournier, maker of quality cards for a long, long time.

 

[Chyros]

Uhh, aren't they tarot cards? xD

 

[Drifter779]

Very nice deck! Think in today context, the only deck I can think of that is semi index less is Stockholm cartomancer deck. The courts are indexless.

 

[1A25R]

Those last 2 cards decks we called Spanish cards type, we play Truco, which is a team game, 3 cards each and most of the fun came from bluff and not being caught and pass signals to your teammate not being seen.