Accession number
PML 152743
Published
Milano : Gumppenberg, [ca. 1840]
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Deck of 78 Piemontese tarocco cards, comprising 22 Major Arcana cards: 21 numbered I-XXI and one Fool card and 56 Minor Arcana cards: four Italian suits of ten pip cards (I-X) Bastoni, Coppe, Spadi, Danari, and four single figure court cards: Re, Regina, Cavallo, and Fante. Back of cards: dots arranged in circles, red; square borders, square corners.
"Fab.a di Gumppenberg, Milano"--Re di Bastoni card.
"C. Dellarocca inc."--Re di Bastoni card.
"F.I. C.70 Lombardia"--tax stamp on Re di Bastoni card.
The black tax stamp, valid between 1823 and 1840, shows the crown of Rudolf I together with the iron crown of Lombardy, F.I. for Emperor Franz I of Austria, and C.70, the rate of 70 centesimi for tarot cards.
Former accession number: 152416.1 penciled on grey wrapper.
Housed with "Jeu de cartes impérial" (PML 152744)
Deck of 78 Piemontese tarocco cards, comprising 22 Major Arcana cards: 21 numbered I-XXI and one Fool card and 56 Minor Arcana cards: four Italian suits of ten pip cards (I-X) Bastoni, Coppe, Spadi, Danari, and four single figure court cards: Re, Regina, Cavallo, and Fante. Back of cards: dots arranged in circles, red; square borders, square corners.
"Fab.a di Gumppenberg, Milano"--Re di Bastoni card.
"C. Dellarocca inc."--Re di Bastoni card.
"F.I. C.70 Lombardia"--tax stamp on Re di Bastoni card.
The black tax stamp, valid between 1823 and 1840, shows the crown of Rudolf I together with the iron crown of Lombardy, F.I. for Emperor Franz I of Austria, and C.70, the rate of 70 centesimi for tarot cards.
Former accession number: 152416.1 penciled on grey wrapper.
Housed with "Jeu de cartes impérial" (PML 152744)
Description
1 deck of cards : handcol. ill. (engravings) ; 10.5 x 5.5 cm
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
In modern 1/4 green leather slip-case, green decorated paper boards, with spine title: "Playing cards" stamped in gold. By Julia P. Wightman (stamped 19JPW50) 14 x 13 cm.
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