Playing cards of Master PW (Cologne, c. 1500) (Q30664)

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Q30664

Also known as

Rundes Kartenspiel des Meisters PW · Rundspiel des Meisters PW

maker

Meister PW

Has reproduction

Playing cards of Master PW (facsimile Heimeran, 1974)

printing technique

copper engraving

number of cards

72

place of origin

Cologne

publication date

1500 (circa)

Described in

• Albertina: Spielkarten. Ihre Kunst und Geschichte in Mitteleuropa (Ausstellungskatalog, Wien 1974) (cat. no. 25)
• Braun: Köln und seine Spielkarten-Hersteller (Spielkarten Bd. 3, 1990) (cat. no. PW, p. 4–13)

Collection

• Albertina, Wien
• The British Museum

Source

Albertina: Spielkarten. Ihre Kunst und Geschichte in Mitteleuropa (Ausstellungskatalog, Wien 1974)

Rights status

work in the public domain

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1500), Köln belonged to the territory of Heiliges Römisches Reich. No playing-card tax system is recorded for this territory at this time — so there are no tax stamps to look for here.