Tell Wilmoś
Facsimile of ‘Wilhelm Tell’ Hungarian deck by Salamon Antal, Keczkemét, 1860.
Facsimile of ‘Wilhelm Tell’ Hungarian ‘Seasons’ deck originally produced by Salamon Antal, Kecskemét in 1860, with German suit symbols.
The four seasons are portrayed on the four deuces (twos) with inscriptions in Hungarian.
The four kings are mounted horsemen and most of the numeral cards have small vignettes.
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Above: facsimile edition of ‘Wilhelm Tell’ Hungarian deck originally produced by Salamon Antal, Keczkemét in 1860, facsimile by Piatnik, 1992 (No.2867). 32 cards, small sized 53mm x 90mm.

By Rex Pitts (1940-2021)
Member since January 30, 2009
View ArticlesRex's main interest was in card games, because, he said, they were cheap and easy to get hold of in his early days of collecting. He is well known for his extensive knowledge of Pepys games and his book is on the bookshelves of many.
His other interest was non-standard playing cards. He also had collections of sheet music, music CDs, models of London buses, London Transport timetables and maps and other objects that intrigued him.
Rex had a chequered career at school. He was expelled twice, on one occasion for smoking! Despite this he trained as a radio engineer and worked for the BBC in the World Service.
Later he moved into sales and worked for a firm that made all kinds of packaging, a job he enjoyed until his retirement. He became an expert on boxes and would always investigate those that held his cards. He could always recognize a box made for Pepys, which were the same as those of Alf Cooke’s Universal Playing Card Company, who printed the card games. This interest changed into an ability to make and mend boxes, which he did with great dexterity. He loved this kind of handicraft work.
His dexterity of hand and eye soon led to his making card games of his own design. He spent hours and hours carefully cutting them out and colouring them by hand.