[Hungarian Tarock deck from Slovakia]
Pressburg,
[c1850].
42 engraved playing cards, with red pattern to verso, two black tax stamps to Skiz.
100 by 52mm (4 by 2 inches).
21535
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The Maker
The Jack of Clubs is bearing a plate which the name of the maker is given: "Lud. Jos. Jäger" of Pressburg, now Bratislava. Other extant cards by Jäger show that he produced decks in a variety of formats, using French and German suit systems. The Skiz card in the present deck has two tax stamps, which were in use between 1850 and 1856, providing a mid-ninteenth century date for these cards.
The Cards
The Hungarian varient of the Tar...
The Jack of Clubs is bearing a plate which the name of the maker is given: "Lud. Jos. Jäger" of Pressburg, now Bratislava. Other extant cards by Jäger show that he produced decks in a variety of formats, using French and German suit systems. The Skiz card in the present deck has two tax stamps, which were in use between 1850 and 1856, providing a mid-ninteenth century date for these cards.
The Cards
The Hungarian varient of the Tar...
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