Wenceslao Guarro Catalan Pattern
Wenceslao Guarro ‘Escudo de Barcelona’ Catalan Pattern by Fabricantes de Naipes de España, c.1925.
Wenceslao Guarro Catalan Pattern (‘Escudo de Barcelona’) manufactured by Fabricantes de Naipes de España, c.1925. The original Wenceslao Guarro company (1885-1895) became Viuda de Wenceslao Guarro (1895-1903), then Guarro y Cía (1903-1910) and then Naipes Guarro (1910-1920) and finally became part of the amalgamation known as Fabricantes de Naipes de España S.A. (1917-1934) which in turn was absorbed by Hijos de Heraclio Fournier in 1934. This particular design then became Fournier’s standard Catalan pattern see example →
Above: Wenceslao Guarro Catalan Pattern by Fabricantes de Naipes de España, c.1925. The four of cups has two tax stamps (click image to zoom); the short-lived regional (provincial) tax and the national tax.
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