Looking in D'Allemagne for known cardmakers with the initials GS, we don't find too many, or not in the right dates, but there is a "Guilhen Sallonetz" in Marseille in 1662. Guilhen Sallonetz is mentioned with someone who seems to be his father or brother, Jacques Sallonetz, at the same t...
A further point about the 2 of Deniers is that the name Chosson has smaller and thicker letters than name François. Also, the name "Chosson" does not curve properly in relation to the curve of the banner, unlike the elegant and properly-fitted "François." I guess that the name &...
WILL OF FRANÇOIS ISNARD, ENGRAVER IN WOOD 26th May 1764. In the name of God so be it Today twenty-sixth May seventeen sixty-four, at nine o'clock in the morning, before the undersigned Royal Notary registered with the Sovereign Council of Alsace residing in Strasbourg, was present François Isnard w...
Francois Isnard was the father of Pierre-François Isnard, reputed inventor of the 'little soldiers' of Strasbourg - I What is the relationship, if any, to Pierre Isnard, engraver of the F Laudier of Strasbourg cards 1746? "TAROS FIN DE FRANCOIS KECHLER CARTIER MARCHAND A KEHL" Frauds exer...
Good eye as usual, Steve, on the wavy sword. I am not sure about the third die in Vandenboor, if you mean the one on the other side of the table. It might be a domino, as it is divided into two halves. One of them is blank, which was not usually true of dice. So far, only Noblet is a clear case of ...
On the earflap: of course! Thanks. For others' ease of reference, the Chariot is on p. 35 of Allemagne, Cartes a Jouer , vol 2 (in archive.org). Could there be any relationship between this Fautrier (active 1753- c. 1792) and the Feautrier previously described, same city, same beginning time of act...
C.F. Carrajat* 1786/1805 of Chambery using woodblocks engraved by AG Zoya 1747/1755 (Italy/Piedmont) originally made for an unknown Swiss cardmaker of Coppet: In volume 2 of Allemagne, an AG Zoya engraved deck is illustrated as being published by Joseph Fautrier of Marseille, active 1753/93 : https...
Your highlighting of the lines on the mold didn't show up, Steve, at least on my computer. Could you try it again? What's the point? You either see it or you don't. I can see it. Maybe for those of us who do see it, it is merely pareidolia, but having seen it, I can't not see it. The question was, ...
The Italian deck by Nicola Novaro c1844 of Oneglia, through its relationship to the Payen 1713, shares many of our elements, with additional elements more custom to Italian decks, such as the floating coin on the King of Coins. Here are four of the cards to show its relationship to the Payen, the se...