Past L Eze (c 1935)

[Daniel Wilson]

I recently picked up a double-deck set of Past L Eze playing cards,
with the "Pipes of Pan" backs.  Admittedly, they're not in the best
of shape, but is there any interest in more pictures of these cards?

[52plusjoker]

I recently picked up a double-deck set of Past L Eze playing cards,
with the "Pipes of Pan" backs.  Admittedly, they're not in the best
of shape, but is there any interest in more pictures of these cards?

These are really interesting - show a few more courts and a pip or two. Good deck - well found!

[Don Boyer]

I recently picked up a double-deck set of Past L Eze playing cards,
with the "Pipes of Pan" backs.  Admittedly, they're not in the best
of shape, but is there any interest in more pictures of these cards?

These are really interesting - show a few more courts and a pip or two. Good deck - well found!

I'm interested.  The design looks vaguely familiar.  Is it possible there's an example of it on the wopc.co.uk website?

[Daniel Wilson]

Sorry it took a while to get back to this; my camera was being...less than cooperative.

This set was in worse condition than I would have liked; the gold-bordered cards have
all turned brown on the face, while the silver deck has become yellowish.  Both decks
are also quite warped, but I hope a bit of time in my newly devised card press will fix that.

The courts are all repetitive throughout, with only a color change for each respective suit.
(Is there a term for this?)  According to a card seen in other double-deck sets, the courts
are meant to "reflect suspicion, flirtation and worry".  (Perhaps the Jack is worried that the
King is becoming suspicious that the Queen is flirting with him.  Who knows?)

Don--yes, these cards can be seen on the WoPC website:
http://www.wopc.co.uk/usa/fairchild/past-l-eze.html
Interestingly, the set pictured there has the Pan back with gold and the goat back with
silver; the reverse of mine.  Very strange...