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Philip Fischer (*?-✝︎?)
active in Salzburg 1853-1858

Biography Details
* ? date and place of birth unknown
1853 acquired the playing card factory from Anton Fuchs
1858 Escape from Salzburg, his further whereabouts are unknown
1858 his wife and his son Bartholomäus continue to run the business

Remark: He had to flee after it was discovered that he had been selling large quantities of playing cards with a forged tax stamp.

Literature:
Rainer Buland, Bernadette Edtmmaier, Jürgen F. Kranich, Günter G. Bauer: Kartenspiel-Szenen, Salzburger Kartenspiele und Kartenmacher. Studien zur Spielkarte Nr. 28, Berlin 2013 Frank Nauhauser, Die letzten vier SalzburgerKartenmacher. In: TALON 26, pp 121



Sample Cards

Wallerstein pattern
(Národní Muzeum, Prague (National Museum H2-186.309-311)

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