This deck was printed by the Vereinigte Stralsunder Spielkarten fabriken from Stralsund and published as "Salon Karte Nr 61". The courts have the Salon "house" pattern. This pattern has been published with a few different sets of accompanying aces, but not often seen is this set of Dutch scenic aces. Some of them present "new" views, some the familiar buildings, but seen from a different angle.

The same set is also found in a deck with the Rhineland pattern by the Vereinigte Stralsunder Spielkartenfabriken, but set in a different frame, which takes a bit off of the sides of the image. There's an interesting colour difference on the Ace of Clubs. Maker's name is on the Jack of Hearts. Both decks were printed in chromolithography.

 

Flemming & Wiskott from Glogau (Berlin Breslau) have printed and published a deck with the Berlin pattern as "Flemmings Whist-Karte Nr. 181. It has a set of Dutch scenic aces, in sepia. Probably not specially made for the Netherlands, as the text on the box is in German. It's the first set that shows the Boymans Museum in Rotterdam. This museum opened it's doors for the first time in 1849. A fire destroyed the museum in 1864, but it re-opened in 1867. In 1935 a new museum was build in a different spot and in 1958 the name was changed to Boymans van Beuningen Museum.

 

Both decks were probably made between 1925 and 1930. The deck with the coloured set may be the youngest. Besides the colour the designs are exactly the same, just like the pattern and joker. The`53 cards deck didn't come with a box, so I don't know the title or factory number. However, a 32 cards deck of the coloured version was published as Flemmings Pikett-Karte Nr. 131. 

 

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