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Martin Mischka (*c. 1820-✝︎c. 1890)
active in Pilsen 1842-before 1882


Biography Details
*1819-10-17 Lety (near Prague)
*c. 1820 wife Franziska Sebek in Deutsch-Briss (Německá Bříza)
1833-1837 apprentice in Prague
1837 declared free by Joseph Jeschek
1842 took over workshop of Anton Babicka
ooc. 1847 Franziska, date and place unknown
*1848-✝︎? son Franz Josef
*1850-✝︎? daughter Marketa
*1752-✝︎1853 daughter Maria
*1854-✝︎? daughter Anna Maria
*1856-✝︎? son Ignaz Wenzel
*1858-1858 daugher Pauline (twin)
*1858-✝︎? son Alois
*1860-✝︎? daughter Marie
*1864 son Cyril Mathias
before 1882 workshop taken overby his son Franz
✝︎before 1888 wife Franziska (date and place of death unknown)
✝︎between 1888 and 1893 date and place of death unknown


Sample Cards

Trappola
(Reisinger, Trappola, p. 232)


Trappola

Prague pattern (different editions)
(Private collection)

Prague pattern

Prague pattern (different editions)
(Private collection)

Prague pattern

"Brandl" cards ?
(Private collection)
It is not clear which type of playing card this single card comes from. The motif is only known from the so-called "Brandl" cards with double image.(cf. Reisinger, Herz, Schelle, Laub, Eichel, vol. 2, p. 162 - see figure on the right)

Brandlcards

Tarock with views of Pilsen and hunting scenes
(Lit: TALON, English Corner: A strange Tarot)

Non-standard Tarock