Rosina Wachtmeister playing cards
Cats, cats and more cats in Wachtmeister’s inimitable style.
Rosina Wachtmeister was born in Vienna in 1939. In her teens she moved to Brazil with her parents, before finally settling in Italy in 1974. She is particularly well known for her paintings of cats with crescent moon-shaped heads, as in this pack. The cats generally have two faces, somewhat in the style of Picasso. Metallic gold ink has been used on the court cards, Jokers and box, giving the cards a luxury feel. (Unfortunately, the gold shows up more as black on the scans). The indices are in German. See the box►
Above: Rosina Wachtmeister playing cards published by Fridolin GmbH, Herrenberg, Germany, c2015. 52 cards + 2 Jokers in tuck box. Size: 58 x 89 mm. Printed in China?
By Roddy Somerville
Member since May 31, 2022
Roddy started collecting stamps on his 8th birthday. In 1977 he joined the newly formed playing-card department at Stanley Gibbons in London before setting up his own business in Edinburgh four years later. His collecting interests include playing cards, postcards, stamps (especially playing cards on stamps) and sugar wrappers. He is a Past President of the Scottish Philatelic Society, a former Chairman of the IPCS, a Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards and Curator of the WCMPC’s collection of playing cards. He lives near Toulouse in France.
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