WWPCM00360
"Ambras" (Germany)
deck "Royal Household Servants"
handmade deck in castle Ambras (Tirol), 1440/1445
specific suits:
spade = "An eagle displayed" (Holy Empire)
heart = "A lion rampant, double queld crowned or." (Bohemia)
diamond = "Azurre, three fleurs-de-lys, or." (France)
club = "Barry of eight, azure and gules" (Hungary)
48 cards: king, queen, 10, 9..., 2, ace
deck was reprinted by "Piatnik" in 1976 for Heimeran (Munich) as "Hofamterspiel",
and printing now so, dimension 97x140 mm, leaflet 144 pages
| d00360r01 |
box |
| spade | heart | diamond | club |
| ace | ace | ace | ace |
| king | king | king | king |
| queen | queen | queen | queen |
| 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
My information from book H.T.Morley "Old and curious playing cards",
1931.
Another information from site of Andrea
Pollett
Fourniur Museum: printed by "Ernst Rudolf Ragg" (Vienna), 1460.
And in my opinion it's a mistification of XIX c.