Französische Karte (Joseph Losch, Amberg, um 1800) (Q15237)

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Q15237

Also known as

CHUR OBER-PFÄLZISCHE FRANZÖSISCH. KARTEN

maker

Joseph Losch

Suit system

French-suited

number of cards

52

place of origin

Amberg

publication date

1800 (circa)

maker's mark

KS: Chur Ober-Pfälzische Französisch. Karten; JH: Verfertiget von Joseph Losch in Amberg

Described in

• A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. GER 565, Bd. 1, 323)
• Radau/Himmelheber: Spielkarten (BNM vol. 21, 1991) (cat. no. 171)

Collection

• Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. GER 565)
• Bavarian National Museum (inv. Gg 4243–4254)

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

• 
  Hearts-King (French)
• 
  Hearts-Queen (French)
• 
  Hearts-Jack (French)

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1800), Amberg belonged to the territory of Heiliges Römisches Reich. In the window 1790 to 1810, the following applied there:

Tax system	Sovereign	valid from	to
Bayerischer Kartenstempel 1805–1807 (dreigeteilter Schild, 4/8 Kreuzer)	Königreich Bayern	1805	1807
Bayerischer Kartenstempel 1807–1817 (Königskrone, 4/8 KER)	Königreich Bayern	1807	1817

View 4 tax stamps from 1790 to 1810