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Rococo Whist-Bridge Nr.53

Published August 10, 2022 • Updated August 10, 2022

printed by Flemming-Wiskott A.G. of Glogau

1930 GermanyRococoDondorfFlemming & Wiskott

A colourful version of Rococo style playing cards printed in fine chromolithography by the factory Flemming-Wiskott A.G. of Glogau, Germany in about 1930. The company started printing playing cards in 1924 and took over the production of Dondorf playing cards in 1929, but keep printed them under the Dondorf name until 1933 when they merged with the Vereinigte Altenburger Und Stralsunder Spielkartenfabriken AG, Altenburg (VASS).
The pack consists of 52 cards and one joker.

Below: the box.

All cards shown are from the collection of Paul Symons ©.

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By Paul Symons

Netherlands • Member since February 01, 2016

I'm British but I have now lived in the Netherlands for more than 50 years and am still enjoying every minute of it. I started collecting playing cards in the early 1980’s after speaking with my neighbour who was at that time a croupier in a casino. I started with just collecting jokers, but that soon led me to complete packs of cards and eventually to specialising in old and antique playing cards, particularly those of C.L. Wüst of Frankfurt, Germany. I am presently the Dutch representative of the I.P.C.S. and the auctioneer at the IPCS conventions.

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