Playing card box
Ferd. Piatnik & Sons
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard
Measurements
75 x 97 x 23 mm
Place of origin
Vienna
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 15252.1
Summary
Cardboard box with hinged lid covered in a cream coloured stippled paper. Illustrated rectangular paper label on top left hand reads; PIATNIK / SCHUTMARKE. Fox marks. Inside of lid decorated with four concentric circles with horse rider inside and arrow pointing from outer circle. Text at top left reads; die Qualitatsmacke !. Text at bottom right reads; Wiener Spielkartenfabrik / FERD. PITNIK. SOHNE / WIEN XIV, HUTTELDORFERSTR.229 - 31. Outer sides of base covered with brown paper. Inside white, divided into two compartments. Piece of pink ribbon fixed in middle of base on each side. Outside, a blue and white paper covering marked; Nr. 119. Marked in pencil; 36.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.
Makers and roles
Ferd. Piatnik & Sons, manufacturer