This flintlock cannon, invented by the English lawyer James Puckle in 1717, was revolutionary in its day insofar as it fired from a series of revolving chambers. But, to my surprise, also mocked in these cards is the Puckle gun, and the sorry state of affairs that surrounded it.īy now, the story of the ill-fated Puckle gun should be familiar to most readers. These cards, billed “Bubble Cards”, satirize contemporary economic bubbles of the day, in particular the infamous South Sea Trading Company which single-handedly ruined countless investors. Recently I learned of a set of playing cards made in the 1720s by Thomas Carrington Bowles of London.
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