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Johann Schneck (Schneckh) (*1647-✝︎after 1692)
active in Prague 1671-after 1692


Biography Details
*1647-06-01 in Deggendorf (Bavaria), son of a tailor
1671 citizen of Old Town Prague
✝︎c. 1680 his first wife, name unknown
oo1681 Maria Frantz
1681 his brother Ulrich (a nail smith) settles in Prague
*1682 daughter Anna Maria
*1685 daughter Dorothea
*1687 daughter Theresia
*1689 daughter Barbara
*1691 son Franz Schnegg
*1692-✝︎1698 son Dominik Ludwig
✝︎1695 Schneckowa kartařzka (Mrs. Schneck, card maker - probably his wife)
✝︎after 1692  

Remark:
Only one paper packaging by Schneck has survived in the National Library. Since it is catalogued together with a printed sheet with the initials H S, a connection was suspected; however, this is unlikely since the printed sheet is dated 1664. At that time, Schneck was 17 years old and lived in Deggendorf.
The printing sheet must therefore be attributed to an unknown playing card manufacturer with the initials H S .

Literature:
Bílý P., Hornické motivy na hracích kartách, Club sběratelů hracích karet o. s.,Ročenka 2014, p. 128-136, 2015
Caranová M., Hrací karty v českých sbírkách, bachelor's thesis 2011
Zuman F, Výrobky z papíru, Časopis Společnosti přátel starožitností československých v Praze, 161-185, 1929
Zuman F., Papír - Historie řemesla a výrobní techniky, p. 200-204, 1983


Sample Cards

envelope for playing cards
(Národní knihovna, Prague (National Library) inv. no. Sz 49)


envelope