Old Piedmontese Tarot Cards
Incomplete, mixed deck with 70/78 cards
Published by Beranger, Nice, France, c. 1850
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Deck: Piedmont Tarot, Type II
Card Measurements: 10.8 cm X 5.5 cm
DESCRIPTION:
This mid-19th-century Italian tarot is an "Early Piemontese, type 2" (with some characteristics of Type 1) pattern, manufactured by Beranger in Nice (Nizza), with hatchback versos/backs. T
The seldom seen Beranger Tarot is both rare and scarce. Other than a tarot attributed to "Berenger" of Nice held at the BnF, the only other mention of the deck is found on IPCS Pattern Sheet 30, “Early Piemontese, Type 2:” The deck for sale here and the BnF deck have different images, however they both seem to have an Early Piemontese, Type 2 pattern design. The BnF deck has French titles, while this one has Italian.
Deck Identifiers:
· Style: "Early Piemontese," no recommended pattern name, Pattern Sheet 3 (IPCS)
· Titles: Italian
· Identifying cards: All Aces with makers name, "Beranger, Nizza," Jacks with no titles, Two of Cups, Ace of Swords with FABBRICA DI MILANO, the Fool is "Il Matto;" VII, "Carossa", has high wheels; Trump XV, The Deivel bears on face on the torso; VIII, Justice has a throne which resembles wings; Trmup XVI, The tower, with lightning/feather coming from the tower itself, Trups with Roman Numberal centred in top panel, Jack of Coins tunic buttoned, all Jacks with no captions,, Trump I carries wand; Trump VIII, The Hermit with uncovered head; no tax stamp,
· Colours: hand-painted stencil
· Borders: a single black line
· Versos/Backs: mixed deck with cross-hatch patterned backs twenty in pink and fifty in blue
· Paper: pasteboard card stock
· Corners: Rounded
CONDITION: good condition, incomplete, mixed deck with 70/78 cards, with some slight and other more serious damages; with signs of wear, age darkening, soiling and occasional stains; wheel of fortune with chip and handpainted addition of ghost skull; (see photographs). Missing Major Arcana 2, 3, 4, 12, and 13; also missing the 2 & 3 of Cups, and the 10 of Wands. The 20 cards with pink backs include: Major Arcana 0,1; Wands 1-7; Swords: 1-3, 5-6, 8-10, Jack of Swords; the Jack and King of Wands.