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German playing cards

Card-playing rapidly became popular in medieval Bavaria and German printers were quick to supply the goods.

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Rococo Whist-Bridge Nr.53

Rococo Whist-Bridge Nr.53

printed by Flemming-Wiskott A.G. of Glogau

Rokoko-Bild No.158

Rokoko-Bild No.158

This pattern was published between 1889-1933, at first with no Joker, which was added in 1906 along with small indices in German or English.

Rombach + Co Skat

Rombach + Co Skat

Publicity pack designed by Uschi Dorner for a bookshop in Freiburg im Breisgau.

Rosina Wachtmeister playing cards

Rosina Wachtmeister playing cards

Cats, cats and more cats in Wachtmeister’s inimitable style.

Saks-Werbespiel

Saks-Werbespiel

Promotional playing cards printed by Dondorf for Saks & Company, New York, late 1920s.

Salon-Karte No.66

Salon-Karte No.66

Salon-Karte No.66 designed by Walter Krauss, 1970

Schiller deck

Schiller deck

Schiller deck made by Conrad Ludwig Wüst, Frankfurt/Main, ca. 1834.

Schlager Film Revue

Schlager Film Revue

Schlager Film Revue “Hot and Sweet” Quartett für Teenager, 1964.

Schwäbisch Hall

Schwäbisch Hall

Schwäbisch Hall building society publicity deck designed by Alex Kardas, c.1975.

Schwarzer Peter

Schwarzer Peter

Schwarzer Peter No.831 by F.X. Schmid, c.1960s.

Schwarzer Peter

Schwarzer Peter

Schwarzer Peter animal pairs card game produced in Germany, c.1920s.

Schwarzer Peter

Schwarzer Peter

Art Deco style “Schwarzer Peter” card game published by Vereinigte Altenburger und Stralsunder Spielkarten-Fabriken A.G., Stuttgart.

Schwarzer Peter Der Wald und seine Leute

Schwarzer Peter Der Wald und seine Leute

Schwarzer Peter the Forest and its People, illustrated by Liesel Lauterborn, 1955.

Schwarzer Peter Quartett

Schwarzer Peter Quartett

“Schwarzer Peter Quartett” game published by VEB Altenburger Spielkartenfabrik with cartoons by Wilhelm Busch.

Schwarzkopf BC Bonacure

Schwarzkopf BC Bonacure

Schwarzkopf BC Bonacure playing cards promoting the ultimate hair perfection.

Schweden Spielkarten

Schweden Spielkarten

54 different souvenir views of famous people and places in Sweden.

Schweizer Trachten

Schweizer Trachten

Schweizer Trachten No.174 (Costumes Suisses) by Dondorf.

Shakespeare Playing Cards

Shakespeare Playing Cards

Shakespeare Playing Cards pack published in the 1890s with original paintings are by John H. Bacon.

Simultané

Simultané

Simple geometric forms with an inner life and poetry emanating from the richness of colour, the musicality of rhythm, the vibrant breath of the execution...

Skat Express

Skat Express

One end Berlin pattern the other standard English pattern