Standard playing cards (David Hurter, Schaffhausen, c. 1820) (Q15897)

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Q15897

maker

David Hurter

card type

standard playing cards

Suit system

Swiss-suited

number of cards

36

place of origin

Schaffhausen

publication date

1820 (circa)

maker's mark

DS: D. Hurter · DB: Schaffhausen · KS: DH

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. SWI 21, Bd. 2, 110)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. SWI 21)

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

• 
  Roses-Over Knave (Swiss)
• 
  Roses-Under Knave (Swiss)
• 
  Single card

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1820), Schaffhausen belonged to the territory of Schweiz (Mediation/Restauration) 1803–1848. No playing-card tax system is recorded for this territory at this time — so there are no tax stamps to look for here.