Swiss Mogul Cards, 1880-1890
English type 'Mogul' playing cards manufactured in Switzerland by John Müller for export to India, c.1880-1890.
English type ‘Mogul’ playing cards manufactured in Switzerland by John Müller for export to India, c.1880-1890. The business was expanding its connections worldwide and during the period 1903/04 nearly 19,000 dozen packs of cards were exported to India. The Schaffhausen playing card factory became one of the most reputable in Europe.
Above: English type ‘Mogul’ playing cards manufactured in Switzerland by John Müller for export to India, c.1880-1890. The Ace of Spades is anonymous but loosely mimics the Old Frizzle duty Ace which was discontinued in 1862.
REFERENCES
Ruh, Max & Rüegg, Max: AGM Müller: 175 Years of Playing Card Manufacture in "The Playing-Card" Vol.32 no.3, Nov-Dec 2003, IPCS, England.
By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
View ArticlesCurator and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.
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