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
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.

Black Peter
Two Black Peter games by Willy Mayrl published by Ferd Piatnik & Söhne, 1950s.

Österreichisches Trachten-quartett
Österreichisches Trachten-quartett Nr.282 published by Ferd Piatnik & Söhne.

Black Peter
Black Peter card game designed by Willy Mayrl for Piatnik.

Crikey!
Crikey! Classic British Comics playing cards published by Bird Playing Cards, 2013.

Gulliver’s Travels
Gulliver’s Travels card game no.293 published by Piatnik, c.1950.

Baby Dolls
Baby Dolls pinup deck designed by Willy Mayrl, published by Piatnik, 1957.

Tell Wilmoś
Facsimile of ‘Wilhelm Tell’ Hungarian deck by Salamon Antal, Keczkemét, 1860.

Qantas
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.

Woman’s Hour
The Woman’s Hour playing cards published by David Westnedge, 1996.

Tyrolean Playing Cards
Facsimile of patriotic 1878 Tyrolean playing cards published by Piatnik in 1992.

Notgeld - Emergen¢y Money
Notgeld - Emergency Money - was in rare cases issued on playing cards.

Folklore No.169
Austrian Folklore deck first published by Piatnik in 1934.

Goal Fußball Spielkarten
“Goal” Fußball Spielkarten manufactured by Ferd. Piatnik & Söhne Wien, c1930s.

Mary Queen of Scots
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
Piatnik’s ‘Bourgeois Tarot’ in a version published in 1987 with nice quality images, especially the double-ended trump cards.

Piatnik No.97
Non-standard French-suited cards published by Ferd Piatnik & Sõhne, Vienna, c.1940s

Churchill in WW2
Churchill ‘Walking with Destiny’ playing cards published by the Imperial War Museum.

New Jacob’s Bible Cards
New Jacob’s Bible Cards published by Lion Playing Cards, Tel Aviv

Vienna (ex-Lyon) pattern
‘Vienna pattern’ derived from archaic Lyon pattern by Ferd Piatnik & Söhne A.G., c.1926-1934.

Pack of Royals
Willie Rushton’s “Pack of Royals” featuring caricatures of the Royal Family, 1995.

Jacob’s Bible Cards
Jacob’s Bible Cards published by Lion Playing Card Factory Ltd, Tel Aviv, 1980s

Piccadilly Patience
Piccadilly Patience by Piatnik, c.1955

Rococo Playing Cards
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
Kaiser Jubiläum Imperial playing cards made in Austria by Ferd Piatnik & Sons, Vienna

Baroque No.2118
“Baroque” by Ferd Piatnik & Sons, Vienna, reflecting a bygone era of fashion.

48: Ferdinand 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.

Popular No.257
Piatnik’s “Popular Playing Cards” No.257

Salzburger Pattern
Salzburger pattern by Ferd. Piatnik & Söhne, Vienna

Die Neue ÖVP
Promotional deck for the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) printed by Piatnik, 1996.

Rococo No.2130
Piatnik: Rococo No.2130 playing cards designed by Prof. Kuno Hock, c.1975

Blue Playing Cards
“Blue Playing Cards” by Piatnik, 1960s, inspired by the Cubism art movement in which objects are analysed and reassembled in abstracted form

Tarok c.1900
Piatnik & Söhne “Industrie und Glück” Tarok c.1905-1910.

Shakespeare by Piatnik
‘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
‘Sports Tops and Tails’ No.290 manufactured by Ferd Piatnik & Sons, Vienna, c.1950s.

France Royale Bridge
“France Royale” Bridge playing cards by Willy Mayrl depict historical characters from France’s royal past.

Rhineland Pattern by KZWP
Rhineland pattern by KZWP.

Casino No.240
Piatnik-Ritter No.240 - Obchodní Tiskárny Casino No.240.

El Jokey by Piatnik, 1990s
‘El Jokey’ Spanish-suited pack by Piatnik & Sons, Vienna, 1990s

Bjørn Wiinblad
Bjørn Wiinblad (1918-2006) was a Danish painter, designer and ceramics artist.

Jugendstil Tarock
‘Jugendstil Tarock’ was designed by Ditha Moser and first published by Albert Berger and Josef Glanz in 1906.

Jugendstil Art Nouveau Bridge
“Jugendstil Art Nouveau” Bridge Nr.2136 published by Piatnik, 1980.

Vienna Melange
“Vienna Melange” Playing Cards by Piatnik with a historical feel representing the four races that make up the cultural background of Vienna

Russian Slavic Costumes
Russian style “Slavic Costumes” playing cards first published in 1911

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.

Art Deco Gypsy Oracle
Art Deco fortune telling deck published by Piatnik, 1936.

Fair Play
Fair Play budget brand by Piatnik first appeared c.1950 before disappearing in c.1990.

Bohemian Pattern
The Bohemian Pattern, sometimes called the Prager Pattern, has roots in the 16th century.

Czech Hussite Deck
Czech “Hussite” Pack engraved by Karel Hoffmann and first printed by Jan Ritter in 1895.
