Deutsche Karte (J. F. Grassau, Braunschweig, um 1800) (Q15226)

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Q15226

Also known as

FEINE DEUTSCHE KARTEN

maker

J. F. Grassau

Suit system

German-suited

number of cards

36

place of origin

Brunswick

publication date

1800 (circa)

maker's mark

Banderole: Feine Deutsche-Karten | Fabricirt bey J. F. Grassau in Braunschweig

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. GER 554, Bd. 1, 321)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. GER 554)

Source

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981)

Rights status

work in the public domain

Cards

• 
  Leaves-7 (German)
• 
  Hearts-Unter (German)
• 
  Bells-6 (German)

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1800), Braunschweig belonged to the territory of Fürstentum Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel. No playing-card tax system is recorded for this territory at this time — so there are no tax stamps to look for here.