Sprookjes Kwartet
Fairy Tales quartet published by Heinrich Schwarz + Co for Dutch market, c.1970.
Popular Fairy Tales quartet game published by Heinrich Schwarz + Co (Neue Nürnberger Spielkarten) for Dutch market, c.1970. Each set of four cards has a different symbol at the top left-hand corner. The artist’s initials F.K. (possibly Felicitas Kuhn) appear in the illustrations. The rules card is in Dutch►
Above: Fairy Tales quartet Nr.261313 published by Heinrich Schwarz + Co (Neue Nürnberger Spielkarten) for Dutch market, c.1970. 32 cards + title/rules card in plastic box.
By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
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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