Playing Cards from Germany
Peter Flötner, c.1545
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by Simon Wintle
Seven cards from a satirical pack produced by Peter Flötner of Nuremberg, c.1545. The suit symbols are acorns, leaves, bells and hearts. The block-cutter and publisher was Franz Christoph Zell.
Pierre l’Ebouriffé
Heinrich Hoffmann (1809-1894) wrote the Struwwelpeter stories in 1847 for his son Carl. The stories quickly became famous and were translated into many languages...
Playing cards for the Bombay Market
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by Paul Symons
An interesting pack of playing cards with illustrated Indian aces made "Specially for the Bombay Market", c.1915.
Playing cards in the Upper Rhine region
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by Simon Wintle
Documentary evidence suggests that card playing established itself in Italy in 1376, and then spread rapidly northwards across the Alps into the Upper Rhine regions of Germany and Switzerland and westwards into France and Spain.
Poker Faces
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by Simon Wintle
Poker Faces playing cards were illustrated by Alex Elsen and published by Verlag Um Die Ecke, Germany, 2015
Poker No. 140
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by Simon Wintle
Dondorf Poker-Karte No. 195, re-issued as Poker No. 140 for the "Argentina Compañia General de Navegación Sociedad Anónima", 1920s
Politiker-Skat by Bubec
Caricatures of world leaders, including many German politicians, by the artist Bubec.
Pomeranian Tarot
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by Simon Wintle
A Pomeranian Tarot deck with etchings by Georg Pommer published by Conrad Jegel, 1852.
Postgeschichte
A celebration of different postal systems in Germany from 1630 to 1850, with designs by Volker Hartmann.
Prussian Pattern
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by Simon Wintle
Derived from Jagdkarten or Hunting cards with patriotic overtones and rural scenes as vignettes on the numeral cards, the Prussian pattern emerged in the middle of the nineteenth century.
Pumuckl quartet game
Quartet game featuring the kobold Pumuckl, creation of the German author Ellis Kaut.
Renaissance Playing cards made by C.L.Wüst
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by Paul Symons
Rococo style playing cards from Frankfurt.
Rhineland Pattern
This pack was probably the culmination of a mixture of designs from 19th century Germany which emerged as one of Dondorf's more popular house patterns by around 1900.