Standard playing cards (Saalmüller, Constance, printed sheet c. 1840) (Q15322)

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Q15322

maker

Saalmüller

card type

standard playing cards

Suit system

French-suited

number of cards

12

place of origin

Constance

publication date

1840 (circa)

maker's mark

J: Saalmüller | Cartier | a | Constanz

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. GER sheet 219, Bd. 2, 214)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. GER sheet 219)

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

• 
  King (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  King (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  King (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  King (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Queen (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Queen (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Queen (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Queen (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Jack (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Jack (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Jack (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Jack (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Druckbogen GER sheet 219 (Keller, Cary Collection)

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1840), Konstanz belonged to the territory of Großherzogtum Baden. No playing-card tax system is recorded for this territory at this time — so there are no tax stamps to look for here.