Bavarian Pattern: A Photographic Archive

A Gallery of Historical and Contemporary Playing Cards


BAVARIAN pattern
MUNICH style

Single-headed
INV 2614 LUDWIG & SCHMIDT c1890
inv2614 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 cards | 98x56mm | german tax stamp 1879-89 | gilt corners [remains] | KN.84.80
INV 2426 SCHNEIDER c1892
inv2426 | Atlas of Playing Cards
33/36 cards [-6b.7b.10s] | 97x56mm | german tax stamp 1879-89 | handwritten on the upper edge (for cartomantic use) | KN.80.64
INV 1236 VSS - ALTENBURG c1920
inv1236 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 cards | 97x54mm | german tax stamp 1919-23 | KN.83.30
INV 2909 VASS c1935
inv2909 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 cards | 98x54mm | german tax stamp 1932-36 | original box "Tarockkarte #245 Wappen" | DR.80.50
INV 2789 WÜST c1920
inv2789 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 cards | 100x56mm | german tax stamp 1919-23 | KN.81.30
INV 0451 SCHMID c1920
inv0451 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 cards | 100x56mm | german tax stamp 1919-23 | KN.81.15
INV 1237 SCHMID c1925
inv1237 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 cards | 101x56mm | german tax stamp 1923-29 | gilt corners [remains] | original box "Bayerland Karte" | KN.84.80
INV 2414 FROMMANN & BÜNTE c1925
inv2414 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 cards | 100x56mm | german tax stamp 1929-31 | original wrapper | BY.81.05
INV 0455 SCHARFF c1925
inv0455 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 cards | 100x57mm | advert. back "Löwenbräu" | KN.83.10
INV 2425 VASS c1940
inv2425 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 cards | 100x56mm | original box "Tarokkarte. Wappen. #245" | KN.81.00
INV 0452 VEB Altenburg [COEUR] ?
inv0452 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 [+2] cards | 100x56mm | "Tarock/Schafkopf"
...reproduction
INV 0453 BURONIA c1935 [—] ?
inv0453 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 cards | 100x56mm | advert. back "Wochenblatt" | BY.80.08
Double-headed
INV 2413 BURONIA c1935
inv2413 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 cards | 101x57mm | german tax stamp 1931-36 | original wrapper | advert. back "Macedonia Zigaretten" | BY.81.25
INV 0456 SCHARFF c1923
inv0456 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 cards | 100x57mm | german tax stamp 1923-29 | advert. back "Aurophan" | KN.81.00
INV 0449 SCHMID ?
inv0449 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 cards | 101x55mm | original box "Doppelkopfige Bilder #72"
INV 0461 SCHMID ?
inv0461 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 [+1] cards | 100x56mm | "Original Altenburger Spielkarten" | "Schafkopf/Tarock"
INV 0830 VEB Altenburg c1974
inv0830 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 cards | 100x57mm | HN.80.06
...modern designs
INV 2754 BART 2023 Philipp Starzinger
inv2754 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 [+2] cards | 100x56mm | original box "Schafkopf" | VZ.80.20
INV 2756 KENDI c2023
inv2756 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 cards | 100x56mm | original box "Schafkopf" | BY.80.15
INV 1238 NÜRNBERGER [NSV] c2015 Marc Margielsky
inv1238 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 cards | 100x56mm | original box "Schafkopf Edition Mehrkopf #7079" | leaflet | VZ.80.06
BAVARIAN pattern
STRALSUND style

Single-headed
INV 2299 HASENAUER c1885
inv2299 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 cards | 98x55mm | german tax stamp 1879-89 | K of hearts=Ludwig II | KN.85.20
INV 2623 FROMMANN & MORIAN c1895
inv2623 | Atlas of Playing Cards
32/36? cards | 97x55mm | german tax stamp 1889-1903 | KN.80.30
INV 2624 PIATNIK ?
inv2624 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 cards | 100x55mm | KN.83.00
INV 1619 SCHMID ?
inv1619 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 cards | 100x55mm | original box "Bayerische Spielkarte #43" | BY.80.85
INV 0450 VASS ?
inv0450 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 cards | 100x56mm | original box "Tarok #1" | BY.80.40
Double-headed
INV 2887 ARISTON c1950
inv2887 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 cards | 100x56mm | advert. original box ["Hergestellt durch VASS Stuttgart"] & back "Glasurit" | KN.81.00
INV 0459 ASS - Leinfelden ?
inv0459 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 [+1] cards | 100x57mm | "Tarock/Schafkopf #1411"
INV 0457 BERLINER c1990
inv0457 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 [+1] cards | 100x57mm | "Schafkopf/Tarock" | KN.80.25
INV 0460 BIELEFELDER [JOKER] ?
inv0460 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 cards | 100x57mm | advert. back "Firestone Phoenix"
INV 2839 FISCHER c1985
inv2839 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 cards | 100x57mm | DR.80.30
INV 0458 NÜRNBERGER ?
inv0458 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 cards | 100x56mm | advert. back "Bahia" | KN.80.15
INV 0462 PIATNIK ?
inv0462 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 cards | 100x57mm | original box "Schafkopf/Tarock #1822"
INV 2585 SCHWARZ ?
inv2585 | Atlas of Playing Cards
35/36 cards [-6leaves] | 100x58mm | original box "Bayerische Schafkopfkarte" | DR.80.20
...spanish size
INV 0463 FOURNIER ?
inv0463 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 cards | 95x62mm | KN
...modern designs
INV 2777 INNOCARD c2024
inv2777 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 [+2] cards | 100x56mm | on 7 of heart: "publica.solutions, Mudersbach (Germany)" | advert. back "EFG" | VZ.80.00
...revisitations & interpretations
INV 2863 NÜRNBERGER 1992 Rüttinger
inv2863 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 cards | 100x58mm | DR.80.20
BAVARIAN SOLDIERS pattern

Reproduction
INV 0454 ARNOLD ? [—] 1996
inv0454 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 cards | 98x54mm