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The origin and the related deck is unknown.
The owner of the pictures and the board is Thomas Taylor.
Any additional information is welcome.


The complete object ...

The following pictures are horizontally flipped:


Ace of batons


Aces


Jacks


Jacks with a Knight of swords. The jack of cups is accompanied by a dog.

There are three inscriptions:


F.(?)D.NAYPES (?) at the Ace of coins


LA FORTUNA (?) ... at the Ace of swords


Bilbao at the 4 of cups

City of Bilbao
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilbao
in the Basque Country (autonomous community)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_Cou ... mmunity%29

In the Basque country (near Bilbao) is the Heraclio Fournier Playing Card Museum, called the greatest playing card museum in the world.

Youtube Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o7c5ygCG-A

Naipes Heraclio Fournier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naipes_Heraclio_Fournier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naipes_Heraclio_Fournier
... a famous card producer

Hi friends,

I write to Naipes Heraclio Fournier

http://www.nhfournier.es/en/company/about-us

My be they can give some data...

Ah, that's great ... :-)

The LAFORTUNA at the ace of swords possibly referred to the condition, that in the game L'Ombre the Ace of spades (called "Spadille") had been the highest trump. The third highest trump (Ace of Clubs) was called Basto, likely from Bastoni.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ombre

The woodcut block probably belonged to a set with 40 cards. L'Ombre was played with 40 cards.