4159 – Tarot Cards

Physical description:

A pack of Tarot Cards (the 1JJ pack produced by AG Muller & Cie in Switzerland) in a red and gold cardboard box with a picture of the Sun card on the lid. With an explanatory book, a large chart for laying out the cards, and a handmade black cloth bag with silver stitching and the word TAROT embroidered in silver. The cards themselves are quite elaborate and colourful in a Neo-Classical style.

Museum classification:

Divination

Information:

The JJ in the name of these cards refers to the use of Juno and Jupiter as two of the Major Arkana cards. The design originated in Switzerland in the 1830s, and were first produced by Johann Georg Rauch.

 

These were included in the objects that were on loan to the 'Wicked Spirits?' exhibition at Colchester Castle Museum in 2022.

Resource:

Object

Materials:

Card, paper, fabric

Copyright ownership:

AG Muller & Cie

The JJ in the name of these cards refers to the use of Juno and Jupiter as two of the Major Arkana cards. The design originated in Switzerland in the 1830s, and were first produced by Johann Georg Rauch.

 

These were included in the objects that were on loan to the 'Wicked Spirits?' exhibition at Colchester Castle Museum in 2022.