Ancient Artifacts & Antiquities, May
Lot 290:
Austrian Tarock Type B Industrie and Gluck Tarot Cards - Trull Deck circa 1882 by Ferd Piatnik &
Austrian Tarock Type B Industrie and Gluck Tarot Cards – Trull Deck circa 1882 by Ferd Piatnik & Sohne Wien w/ tax stamp. 54 of 54 cards complete deck. Industrie und Glück (Early Modern German for "Diligence and Fortune" is a pattern of French suited playing cards used to play tarock. The name originates from an inscription found on the second trump card. This deck was developed during the nineteenth century in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The earliest known examples were made in Vienna in 1815. After the collapse of the empire in World War I, it remained the most widely used tarot deck in Central Europe and can be found throughout the former parts of the empire.Austrian Tarock Type BIn the Industrie und Gluck deck, each suit contains four face cards – the Jack, Cavalier, Queen, and King. The 5s through 10s in red suits and the 1s through 6s in the black suits are removed and 22 trumps are added for a total of 54 cards. In Central European tarock games, the order of the black suits from highest to lowest goes from K, Q, C, J, 10, 9, 8, 7 but the red suits goes from K, Q, C, J, 1, 2, 3, 4. The Skus (The Fool), named after the French Excuse, is considered the 22nd and highest trump and no longer has its excusing power despite its name. The lowest trump is called the pagat after its Italian equivalent, il bagatto. Unlike the Italian tarocco decks which depict Renaissance allegorical motifs or even the French Tarot Nouveau which added modern themes, all Industrie und Gluck trumps illustrate genre scenes of rural life with no themes. All trumps except the unnumbered Excuse use Roman numerals unlike the Tarot Nouveau or Cego decks. The pip cards and face cards lack corner indices. This deck is in very good condition for its age with all cards present. Keywords to draw attention to this lot: Antique Playing Cards, Vintage Decks, Historical Card Games, Woodcut Playing Cards, Hand-Painted Cards, Mamluk Cards, Tarot Decks, Collector’s Edition, Engraved Cards, Rare Playing Cards, Tax Stamp Cards, Joker Cards, French Suits, Latin Suits, German Suits
Condition: Authentic
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