Ferd Piatnik & Sons
Ferd. Piatnik produced a very large range of cards with many different standard and non-standard patterns. This is a survey of his standard English output.
48: Ferdinand Piatnik & Sons
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by Ken Lodge
Ferd. Piatnik produced a very large range of cards with many different standard and non-standard patterns. This is a survey of his standard English output.
Österreichisches Trachten-quartett
Österreichisches Trachten-quartett Nr.282 published by Ferd Piatnik & Söhne.
Gulliver’s Travels
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by Matt Probert
Gulliver’s Travels card game no.293 published by Piatnik, c.1950.
Qantas
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by Matt Probert
Qantas Airways Limited is the flag carrier of Australia and is the world's third-oldest airline still in operation, having been founded in November 1920.
Schwarzer Peter mit Hundebildern
Humorous dog-themed Black Peter game illustrated by Willy Mayrl, c.1960.
Tyrolean Playing Cards
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by Matt Probert
Facsimile of patriotic 1878 Tyrolean playing cards published by Piatnik in 1992.
Notgeld - Emergen¢y Money
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by Simon Wintle
Notgeld - Emergency Money - was in rare cases issued on playing cards.
Goal Fußball Spielkarten
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by Simon Wintle
“Goal” Fußball Spielkarten manufactured by Ferd. Piatnik & Söhne Wien, c1930s.
Mary Queen of Scots
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by Matt Probert
Mary Queen of Scots and other Tudor period dignitaries, published by Piatnik, 1990.
Cosmopolitan № 2121 playing cards
“Cosmopolitan” № 2121 playing cards designed by Russian artist Valeri Mishin, 1996
Bourgeois Tarot by Piatnik 1987
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by Matt Probert
Piatnik’s ‘Bourgeois Tarot’ in a version published in 1987 with nice quality images, especially the double-ended trump cards.
Piatnik No.97
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by Simon Wintle
Non-standard French-suited cards published by Ferd Piatnik & Sõhne, Vienna, c.1940s
Churchill in WW2
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by Matt Probert
Churchill ‘Walking with Destiny’ playing cards published by the Imperial War Museum.
New Jacob’s Bible Cards
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by Matt Probert
New Jacob’s Bible Cards published by Lion Playing Cards, Tel Aviv
Vienna (ex-Lyon) pattern
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by Matt Probert
‘Vienna pattern’ derived from archaic Lyon pattern by Ferd Piatnik & Söhne A.G., c.1926-1934.
Pack of Royals
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by Matt Probert
Willie Rushton’s “Pack of Royals” featuring caricatures of the Royal Family, 1995.
Jacob’s Bible Cards
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by Matt Probert
Jacob’s Bible Cards published by Lion Playing Card Factory Ltd, Tel Aviv, 1980s
Rococo Playing Cards
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by Matt Probert
Piatnik’s Rococo style playing cards issued as “Rococo Patience”, “Luxus-Patience”, “Empire Patience”, “White Horse Patience”, “Patience-Whist No.140”, “Mini Patience” and “Lady Patience”
Kaiser Jubiläum
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by Simon Wintle
Kaiser Jubiläum Imperial playing cards made in Austria by Ferd Piatnik & Sons, Vienna
Baroque No.2118
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by Simon Wintle
“Baroque” by Ferd Piatnik & Sons, Vienna, reflecting a bygone era of fashion.
48: Ferdinand Piatnik & Sons
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by Ken Lodge
Ferd. Piatnik produced a very large range of cards with many different standard and non-standard patterns. This is a survey of his standard English output.
Die Neue ÖVP
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by Matt Probert
Promotional deck for the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) printed by Piatnik, 1996.
Rococo No.2130
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by Matt Probert
Piatnik: Rococo No.2130 playing cards designed by Prof. Kuno Hock, c.1975
Blue Playing Cards
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by Simon Wintle
“Blue Playing Cards” by Piatnik, 1960s, inspired by the Cubism art movement in which objects are analysed and reassembled in abstracted form
Shakespeare by Piatnik
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by Simon Wintle
‘Shakespeare’ playing cards by Piatnik designed by the British actor Donald Burton
Warburg’s Skandinaviske Bridge Kort
“Warburg’s Skandinaviske Bridge Kort” published by Aktieselskabet Emil Jensen, København, c.1935.
Tops and Tails
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by Simon Wintle
‘Sports Tops and Tails’ No.290 manufactured by Ferd Piatnik & Sons, Vienna, c.1950s.
France Royale Bridge
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by Matt Probert
“France Royale” Bridge playing cards by Willy Mayrl depict historical characters from France’s royal past.
El Jokey by Piatnik, 1990s
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by Simon Wintle
‘El Jokey’ Spanish-suited pack by Piatnik & Sons, Vienna, 1990s
Jugendstil Tarock
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by Simon Wintle
‘Jugendstil Tarock’ was designed by Ditha Moser and first published by Albert Berger and Josef Glanz in 1906.
Vienna Melange
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by Rod Starling
“Vienna Melange” Playing Cards by Piatnik with a historical feel representing the four races that make up the cultural background of Vienna
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.
Fair Play
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by Matt Probert
Fair Play budget brand by Piatnik first appeared c.1950 before disappearing in c.1990.
Bohemian Pattern
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by Simon Wintle
The Bohemian Pattern, sometimes called the Prager Pattern, has roots in the 16th century.
Czech Hussite Deck
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by Simon Wintle
Czech “Hussite” Pack engraved by Karel Hoffmann and first printed by Jan Ritter in 1895.
