Bernhard Dondorf (Q3500)

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Q3500

Also known as

B. Dondorf · B. Dondorf, Frankfurt a.M. · Lithographische Anstalt B. Dondorf · B. DONDORF FRANCFORT · Dondorf · B. [Bernhard J.] Dondorf

active in

Frankfurt (1833–1906)

Lineage

Bernhard Dondorf → 1906 → Dondorf GmbH → 1931 → United Altenburg and Stralsund Playing Card Factories (Altenburg) (+1) → 1947 → United Altenburg and Stralsund Playing Card Factories (West Germany) → 1996 → ASS Spielkarten → 2002 → ASS Altenburger Spielkarten GmbH

inception

1833

dissolved

1943

Described in

Books & catalogues

• Segeth: Spielkarten (Battenberg, 1986)
• Alle Karten auf den Tisch (1990)
• Braun: Die Spielkartenfabrik B. Dondorf (Spielkarten Bd. 4, 1991)
• Radau/Himmelheber: Spielkarten (BNM vol. 21, 1991)

Articles

• Patente, Privilegien und die Optimierung der Spielkarten (Talon 34/2025)

Source

• Segeth: Spielkarten (Battenberg, 1986)
• Alle Karten auf den Tisch (1990)
• Braun: Die Spielkartenfabrik B. Dondorf (Spielkarten Bd. 4, 1991)

Packs

Name	Image	Suit system	Type/pattern	Date	Stamp
Deutsche Karte (B. Dondorf, Frankfurt am Main, um 1890, I) (Q15180)		German-suited		1890
Deutsche Karte (B. Dondorf, Frankfurt am Main, um 1890, II) (Q15190)		German-suited		1890
Deutsche Karte (B. Dondorf, Frankfurt am Main, um 1900) (Q15187)		German-suited		1900
Family card games (B. Dondorf, Frankfurt, c. 1900) (Q14957)				1900
Fortune-telling cards (B. Dondorf, Frankfurt, c. 1905, I) (Q14897)				1905
Fortune-telling cards (B. Dondorf, Frankfurt, c. 1905, II) (Q14898)		French-suited		1905
Fortune-telling cards (B. Dondorf, Frankfurt, c. 1905, III) (Q14899)		French-suited		1905
Französische Karte (B. Dondorf, Frankfurt am Main, um 1868) (Q15183)		French-suited		1868
Französische Karte (B. Dondorf, Frankfurt am Main, um 1880) (Q15184)		French-suited		1880
Französische Karte (B. Dondorf, Frankfurt am Main, um 1885) (Q15188)		French-suited		1885
Französische Karte (B. Dondorf, Frankfurt am Main, um 1899) (Q15197)		French-suited		1899
Französische Karte (B. Dondorf, Frankfurt am Main, um 1900, I) (Q15198)		French-suited		1900
Französische Karte (B. Dondorf, Frankfurt am Main, um 1900, II) (Q15200)		French-suited		1900
Französische Karte (B. Dondorf, Frankfurt am Main, um 1905) (Q15203)		French-suited		1905
Luxury Whist Cards No. 158 (Q2003)		French-suited		1906-1940
Rhenish pattern (B. Dondorf, Frankfurt, 1900) (Q3837)		French-suited	Rhenish pattern	1900
Standard playing cards (B. Dondorf, Frankfurt, c. 1895) (Q14716)		French-suited		1895
Tarot (B. Dondorf, Frankfurt, c. 1900, I) (Q15287)		French-suited		1900
Tarot (B. Dondorf, Frankfurt, c. 1900, II) (Q15288)		French-suited		1900
Whist (B. Dondorf, Frankfurt, 1894) (Q14723)		French-suited		1894
Whist (B. Dondorf, Frankfurt, c. 1900) (Q15208)		French-suited		1900
Whist No.178 (Q4126)		French-suited		1895-1935
»Baronesse« (B. Dondorf, Frankfurt am Main, 1900) (Q3838)		French-suited		1900
»Cartes Comiques« (Bernhard Dondorf, Frankfurt a. M., um 1870) (Q30033)		French-suited		1870
»Deutsche Spielkarten No. 301« (Bernhard Dondorf, Frankfurt a/Main, um 1865) (Q29926)		German-suited		1865

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