Rhineland (or Dondorf) Pattern: A Photographic Archive

A Gallery of Historical and Contemporary Playing Cards


RHINELAND (or "Dondorf") pattern
Dondorf design
INV 0217 DONDORF ?
inv0217 | Atlas of Playing Cards
52/52 cards | 91x62mm | german tax stamp 1889-1918 | gilt corners | original box "Whist #121"
INV 0218 DONDORF ?
inv0218 | Atlas of Playing Cards
36/36 cards | 91x62mm | danish tax stamp 1890-1918 | gilt corners | original box "Piquet #115" | HN
INV 0219 DONDORF ?
inv0219 | Atlas of Playing Cards
52/53 cards [-Jk] | 91x62mm | dutch aces | original box "#424"
INV 0220 DONDORF ?
inv0220 | Atlas of Playing Cards
40/40 cards | 91x62mm | 2x danish tax stamps 1905-14 & remains | gilt corners | original box "#123" | HN
INV 0225 MAIA ?
inv0225 | Atlas of Playing Cards
40/40 [2-6.8.VDRA] cards | 92x59mm | portuguese aces | original box "#5A"
INV 2172 PIATNIK ?
inv2172 | Atlas of Playing Cards
55/55 cards | 93x63mm | danish tax stamp [illegible] | original box "Whist #212" | HN.80.06
INV 0230-31 PIATNIK ?
inv0230 | Atlas of Playing Cards
2x55/55 cards | 91x62mm | danish indices | original box [blue back deck sealed] "De Luxe #1415" | VZ.80.12
INV 0236-37 PIATNIK ?
inv0236 | Atlas of Playing Cards
2x55/55 cards | 89x58mm | danish indices | original box [blue back deck sealed] "Bridge #1417" | VZ.80.12
INV 1105 SCHMID ?
inv1105 | Atlas of Playing Cards
55/55 cards | 88x58mm | dutch photographic aces | BY.80.04
...variant
INV 2251 VASS - ALTENBURG c1940
inv2251 | Atlas of Playing Cards
53/53 [+1] cards | 92x62mm | gilt corners | original wrapper "Whist #150" | DR.81.70
Belgian & Dutch versions
INV 0341 MESMAEKERS c1935
inv0341 | Atlas of Playing Cards
53/53 cards | 92x60mm | dutch aces | original box "Bridge #1424" | BY.80.17
INV 2380 MESMAEKERS c1950
inv2380 | Atlas of Playing Cards
53/53 cards | 93x61mm | belgian aces | bronze corners | original box "Bridge Whist #1424" | KL.80.10
INV 2379 MESMAEKERS c1955
inv2379 | Atlas of Playing Cards
54/54 [+1] cards | 88x58mm | dutch aces | KL.80.08
INV 0224 MESMAEKER c1960?
inv0224 | Atlas of Playing Cards
53/53 cards | 88x58mm | dutch aces | bronze corners | original box "Beha #1492" | BY
INV 1474 SN c1959
inv1474 | Atlas of Playing Cards
34/34 cards | 88x58mm | advert. back & original box ["Piket"] "De Jong" | BY.80.06
INV 0221 SN c1969
inv0221 | Atlas of Playing Cards
52/53? [+1] cards | 88x58mm | dutche aces | advert. back & original box "Ibis Shag/Dobbelmann"
INV 0223 VAN GENECHTEN c1920
inv0223 | Atlas of Playing Cards
33/33 cards | 91x60mm | dutch aces | gilt corners
INV 0222 VAN GENECHTEN c1942
inv0222 | Atlas of Playing Cards
32/32 cards | 90x58mm | bronze corners | original box Skat #907D"
Other versions
INV 2303 JENSEN [WARBURG]/DE LA RUE c1930
inv2303 | Atlas of Playing Cards
53/53 cards | 90x63mm | danish tax stamp [remains] c1918-40 | incomplete original box "Warburg's Skandinaviske Bridge Kort #12" | HU.80.80
INV 2201 NORDISK [VIENNA] c1955
inv2201 | Atlas of Playing Cards
53/53 cards | 93x60mm | HN.80.28
INV 1353 UNIVERSAL c1950
inv1353 | Atlas of Playing Cards
54/54 cards | 88x58mm | danish indices | original box [remains] | DR.81.10
New Piatnik design
INV 2173 PIATNIK ?
inv2173 | Atlas of Playing Cards
55/55 cards | 93x64mm | original box "Whist #212" | HN.80.06
INV 0232-33 PIATNIK ?
inv0232 | Atlas of Playing Cards
2x55/55 cards | 89x58mm | original box [green back deck sealed] "Bridge #1432" | VZ.80.14
INV 0234-35 PIATNIK ?
inv0232 | Atlas of Playing Cards
2x55/55 cards | 89x58mm | original box [red back deck sealed] "Bridge #219733" | VZ.80.12
Polish versions
INV 0226 ADAMIGO 2014
inv0226 | Atlas of Playing Cards
54/54 [+1] cards | 88x58mm | original box | BY
INV 0227 CARTA MUNDI [EX-DERTOR] ?
inv0227 | Atlas of Playing Cards
55/55 cards | 87x56mm | original box "Casino" | BY
INV 0228-29 TREFL ?
inv0228 | Atlas of Playing Cards
2x55/55 cards | 88x58mm | original box [green back deck sealed] "Classic" | BY