IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 224976 accession number: P.60-1939(30) DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Wednesday 5 September 2018 updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: A large sword with lion's head hilt, pointing upwards and intersecting with a crown. Two spears and two axes are crossed at the centre behind a scroll around the sword bearing a Greek inscription: 'MH MOY / A???? / ??????' [translation.: 'Touch me / not / Athnmon']. Two seated griffins flank the hilt of the sword and two shields at the opposite corners. From a complete set of 52 Greek playing cards of the Venetian type. Lithography in black ink, coloured with three stones of blue, red and yellow. The backs of the cards feature a lithographed design in blue ink of a repeated crown pattern. title: playing card LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints creditline: Given by Sir Stephen Gaselee, 1939 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/224976 TECHNIQUES ---------- lithography CATEGORIES ------ category: print DATING ------ creation date: 1873 - 1902 creation date earliest: 1873 creation date latest: 1902 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown maker: Aspiotis, Gerasimos maker: Aspiotis, Nikolaos