Pomeranian Tarot
A Pomeranian Tarot deck with etchings by Georg Pommer published by Conrad Jegel, 1852.
A Pomeranian Tarot with etchings by Georg Pommer published by Johann Conrad Jegel, 1852.




French-suited Pomeranian Tarot deck with neat etchings by Georg Pommer (fl.1815-1854) published by Johann Conrad Jegel, 1852. 78 cards, hand-coloured etchings. The trump cards have different designs at each end, numbered in large open Arabic numerals within the composition. All the tarots are uncoloured with the exception of the fool which is a double bust of a man with cap and bells, neatly coloured. No.15 is a stout gentleman hailing the train on a railway. No.19 represents Napoleon I the night before the battle of Austerlitz. The design on number 13 depicts a young girl in sorrow at a tomb, near which is a monumental cross with "Pommer 1852". The double-ended court cards are coloured. © The Trustees of the British Museum • Pomeranian Tarot►
Reference
Willshire, W. H.: A Descriptive Catalogue of Playing and Other Cards in the British Museum, Trustees of the British Museum, 1876, reprint 1975. (German 119).

By Simon Wintle
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Founder 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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