Just like the
"Joker of the Month" in the Jokers section we will select a "Deck
of the Month" from all the decks that we could add to our collection during
that month. It will be what we consider our best find. We've started this
section in April 2007 and without any doubt we can say
here that over the years there will be antique, vintage and modern decks shown on these pages. Age, design and value of
the chosen decks may be very different each time.
August
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For
us August usually was the month to plan a vacation. I had skipped this
last year, for obvious reasons, but this year the Covid-19 virus
canceled a booked trip to Japan in April and with all the present hot
spots throughout Europe, I had to postpone a week in France too. I guess
that for the coming month I'll have to put myself in quarantine,
vacation wise. Instead I do daytrips here in the Netherlands, visit
museums or go out to dinner with friends.
Playing card wise, it was a very slow month. I visited a Dutch artist to
discuss publishing a (second) deck with his artwork. For the collection
I bought only 1 (one!) antique deck this month...... |
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The
Rhineland pattern is not the
most exciting one and we had already found a similar Dondorf deck in
November 2012. So.... why did I buy this deck? |
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main reason for me was that it brought 2 features together. We already had a
first edition of the Rhineland pattern from the 1870's with plain aces and we had an
early 20th century version with a set of historic aces. So a first edition with
these historic aces would be a good addition to the collection. And this deck
had square corners.
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A
first edition of the Dondorf Rhineland pattern can be recognized by the
use of different coloring, when compared to the later editions, but more
easily by the embellished fabrics on the JH, QD and all the courts in the
Clubs suit. See the detail above. |
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The
accompanying set of aces, which is also known in later editions, shows historic
scenes.
Once
the deck was bought I got a chance to take a better look at the cards and
compare them with the deck in our collection. Of
course I also took out the Braun catalogue nr 4 about the Dondorf company and their
decks, but also the beautiful, color-illustrated book about Dondorf by
Schultz & Stolzenburg. It brought some interesting observations.
Interested too? ....... click HERE.
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The deck consists of
52 cards. |
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The pattern of the
backs was also used for the backs of the "Burgen" deck. |
