Germany
Card-playing rapidly became popular in medieval Bavaria and German printers were quick to supply the goods.
German playing cards
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by Simon Wintle
Card-playing rapidly became popular in medieval Bavaria and German printers were quick to supply the goods.
C.L. Wüst, 1811 - 1927
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by Paul Symons
SPIELKARTENFABRIEK VON C.L. WÜST, 1811 - 1927. A short history of the Wüst factory by Martin Shaw & Paul Symons.
Nationaal Speelkaart Nº 165
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by Simon Wintle
Wüst: Nationaal Speelkaart Nº 165 issued for the Dutch market
Schwarzkopf BC Bonacure
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by Matt Probert
Schwarzkopf BC Bonacure playing cards promoting the ultimate hair perfection.
J. W. Spear and Sons: ‘Zoology’
Quartet games with scientific illustrations became popular during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. J. W. Spear and Sons Zoology quartet game is a lesson in natural history.
Miniature Disney deck
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by Simon Wintle
Mickey Mouse card game is part of a promotion for Rübezahl Schokoladen GmbH (Germany).
Poker Faces by Alex Elsen
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by Simon Wintle
Poker Faces playing cards were illustrated by Alex Elsen and published by Verlag Um Die Ecke, Germany, 2015
Wüst “Encyclopedic Tarot”
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by Simon Wintle
“Encyclopedic Tarot” by C. L. Wüst with “bourgeois” views of life on the Trumps.
Carl Arnold Transformation
Transformation playing cards designed by Carl Johann Arnold (1829-1916), the court artist for King Friedrich Wilhem IV of Prussia
Klipp Klapp Karten
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by Simon Wintle
“Klipp Klapp Karten” printed by KZWP-Trefl (Poland) for Kindermuseum Oelde (Germany) in 2004
Spielkarte für Schützen
“Spielkarte für Schützen” deck designed by Karl Heinz Lanz, published by Rudolf Bechtold and Co., c.1966
Alice in Wonderland Snap
Alice in Wonderland “Snap” 1 penny game from 1920s or 30s, made in Germany, anonymous manufacturer.
North German pattern
The North German pattern appeared in the mid-19th century, derived from the French ‘Paris’ pattern,
Bavarian Pattern
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by Simon Wintle
Bavarian single-ended pattern by Vereinigte Altenburg-Stralsunder Spielkarten-Fabriken A-G., c.1937
Wilhelm Busch (1832-1908)
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by Simon Wintle
Wilhelm Busch was a German caricaturist and humourist who lived from 1832-1908. There are many card games made in Germany using his characters.
Fipps der Affe
“Fipps der Affe“ (Fipps the Ape) quartet game with cartoons by Wilhelm Busch published by Bielefelder Spielkarten GmbH, c.1960.
Schwarzer Peter Quartett
“Schwarzer Peter Quartett” game published by VEB Altenburger Spielkartenfabrik with cartoons by Wilhelm Busch.
Der Lohn des Fleisses
“Der Lohn des Fleisses”, a children's card game designed by Wilhelm Busch (1832-1908).
Schwarzer Peter
Art Deco style “Schwarzer Peter” card game published by Vereinigte Altenburger und Stralsunder Spielkarten-Fabriken A.G., Stuttgart.
Das Lustige Familien Quartett
“Das Lustige Familien Quartett” published by Eugen Schmidt K.G., Dresden, c.1930s
Walt Disney “Schwarzer Peter”
Walt Disney “Schwarzer Peter” game published by Vereinigte Altenburger und Stralsunder Spielkarten-Fabriken A.G.
Figures Amusantes
French language edition of a children's quartet game published by B. Dondorf, c.1900, consisting of 40 amusing illustrations of birds and animals with humorous captions.
Pierre l’Ebouriffé
Heinrich Hoffmann (1809-1894) wrote the Struwwelpeter stories in 1847 for his son Carl. The stories quickly became famous and were translated into many languages...
Fruits et Légumes
The beautiful artwork in Dondorf's “Fruits et Légumes” quartet game reminds us of the benefits of natural food.
La Zoologie
Dondorf's “La Zoologie” card game no.335 features a collection of 40 chromolithographic prints of species of animals from around the world
Birkel Schwarzer Peter
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by Simon Wintle
The Birkel company has produced several promotional “Schwarzer Peter” packs over the years and this one is themed on the circus.
Austrian Cartomancy Cards
During the 19th century a system of fortune telling arose in Europe using unnumbered, pictorial cards depicting popular imagery with subtitles in several languages.
Le Progrès de la Circulation
The beautiful images in this quartet game published by Jeux Spear in 1933 depict the progress of transport and travel since early times up til the 1930s.
Graf Zeppelin
A card game commemorating the first round the world flight by the Graf Zeppelin, published by J.W. Spear & Söhne, Nuremberg, in 1930.
Spear’s Old Maid
Spear’s “The Jolly Game of Old Maid” was introduced around 1900. The cards contain some interesting but harmless social stereotypes from the end of the Victorian era.
Swiss Costumes
Wüst's Swiss Cantons souvenir deck was published in Frankfurt in c.1875 for the emerging tourist market.
Old Bavarian pattern
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by Simon Wintle
Uncut sheet of playing cards of the Old Bavarian pattern by Michael Schatzberger, Passau, 1780
Cotta Transformation playing cards
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by Simon Wintle
In 1804, J.C. Cotta, a publisher and bookseller in Tübingen, Germany, produced the first set of transformation cards that was published as an actual deck of playing cards.
Munteres Mogeln
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by Matt Probert
Munteres Mogeln (Cheerful Cheating) in-flight card game for Lufthansa.
Animal Tarot
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by Simon Wintle
Woodblock and stencil Animal Tarot cards, probably of German origin, 2nd half 18th century.
Deutsches Schützenfest 1884
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by Rod Starling
This deck was apparently made to commemorate a Shooting Festival held in Leipzig in 1884
Otto Tragy Jugendstil Spielkarten
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by Simon Wintle
Special Jugendstil playing cards designed by Otto Tragy and first published by Altenburger Spielkartenfabrik Schneider & Co. in c.1898.
Badische Spielkartenfabrik
Sports-themed playing cards published by Badische Spielkartenfabrik, Baden, c.1930
Luxus Skatkarten
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by Rod Starling
The cards are from a facsimile edition published by F. X. Schmid, Munich, in 1981. The artist is unknown, but the artwork follows the tradition of German playing card design and conveys a vivid sense of emotion, sensuality and vitality.
