Printing Block
late 18th century (made)
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Pearwood block, cut on both sides, and a sheet of 36 playing cards; The cards are standard suits, with pipers, drummers, swordsmen, pikemen and Kings; on the Ten of Leaves, a fox, on the Nine of Leaves, a camel. Sheet of cards (10), printed from reverse of block, with five Knaves of Money, and five Kings of (?) Houses. Munich, (?) late 18th century; Lettered on the Knaves of Money on the reverse sheet Fetscher, and in their axeheads F.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | woodblock and woodcut print |
| Brief description | Printing block, woodcut on pear, double-sided. Joseph Fetscher. Sheet of 36 playing cards from Munich, late? 18th century. The cards are standard suits, with pipers, drummers, swordsmen, pikemen and Kings. |
| Physical description | Pearwood block, cut on both sides, and a sheet of 36 playing cards; The cards are standard suits, with pipers, drummers, swordsmen, pikemen and Kings; on the Ten of Leaves, a fox, on the Nine of Leaves, a camel. Sheet of cards (10), printed from reverse of block, with five Knaves of Money, and five Kings of (?) Houses. Munich, (?) late 18th century; Lettered on the Knaves of Money on the reverse sheet Fetscher, and in their axeheads F. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Lettered on the Knaves of Money on the reverse sheet Fetscher, and in their axeheads F. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Hamilton, Jean. Playing Cards in the Victoria & Albert Museum. Victoria & Albert Museum. Her Majesty's Stationery Office. London, 1988. |
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| Accession number | 225-1872 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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