Playing card from 'Hexe und Vogelspiel'
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
18th century
This object is a single playing card from an eighteenth-century German card game. It forms part of a 44-card pack identified under the title 'Hexe und Vogelspiel'. The rectangular card features rounded corners and a printed central illustration with hand-coloured or printed accents.
The card depicts groups of sausages suspended on a wooden drying frame structure hanging from a ribbon or knot. Red details appear on the frame's upright supports and the ribbon tie above. Across the upper margin of the card, a decorative banner or scroll unfurls with German text naming the subject. The card was produced in Germany during the 18th century, between 1700 and 1799. It entered the collection under accession number 1346-1872.
Evidence at a glance
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Germany
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- Playing card
- Museum object number
- 1346-1872
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.