Intricately designed early trade cards from Europe, printed using new technology with colored inks (and sometimes hand-coloring), mostly in Belgium. The "porcelain" on the cards refers to the printing finish, and has been the subject of some recent study. See, for example, J. Raman Spectroscopy, V. 39 #8 where we find "Porcelain cards are a special type of cards, which are typical of the 19th century. They are produced by a lithographic procedure, and painted by hand. In this work, direct non-destructive Raman spectroscopy is used to analyse the pigments that were used". The cards in this set were offered on eBay in 2006 by Fabien Marchand, who has now published a CD-ROM collecting images of 600 of them.
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Bontemps Trade Commissioners, Marseille
701 visits
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Caillot de Lyon, Constructeur of Jacquard Weaving Machines
1060 visits
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Walckiers Devadder, Cloth and Fabric Store
767 visits
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F. van Belle, Costume Seller, Ghent, Belgium
821 visits
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Pierre Sury, Hotel de Flandre Restaurant, Belgium
738 visits
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Hotel Oldi, Ghent, Belgium
787 visits
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Hotel de la Ville de Paris, Strasbourg
780 visits
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Hotel de Prusse, Brussels, Belgium
816 visits
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Invitation to a Masked Ball - University of Ghent 1845
898 visits
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New Year's Card from a Theatre Owner, 1847
906 visits
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Nurseryman's Trade Card, 1845
823 visits
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Petit Bazar Store, with Samples
869 visits
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Pharmacist's Trade Card, Ghent, Belgium, 1841
1378 visits
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Steam Train Constructeur
626 visits
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Seed Seller's Trade Card, Ghent, Belgium
790 visits
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Ship Broker's Trade Card
945 visits
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Three Rings Inn
878 visits
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Vande Steene, Lithographer
623 visits
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Saintou and David, Wine and Spirits
1069 visits
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A. Voelcker and Co., Lithographers
1137 visits
