408 - Game set, “Kegelsport auf dem Tische”, Otto Fischer, puzzle game “Liliput”, Altenburg playing cards

Game set, “Kegelsport auf dem Tische”, Otto Fischer, puzzle game “Liliput”, Altenburg playing cards Wood, cardboard, wire and paper, game set, 1) table skittles game “Kegelsport auf dem Tische”, edition “B”, with factory mark “OF” (Otto Fischer, Glaubitz), in red box, nine light wooden skittles and one dark ball, 2) puzzle game “Liliput” in red box with yellow and red striped lid and ten blue medallions, inside wire puzzles in green compartments, 3) three card games in paper boxes: skat pack in box “Echte Altenburg-Thüringer Schwerter-Karte”, “Skat”, “Sächsisches Doppelbild”, “32 Blatt”, “Nr. 128” and “ASS” with manufacturer's line “Vereinigte Altenburger und Stralsunder Spielkarten-Fabriken Aktiengesellschaft Altenburg Thüringen”, cards with town views on the pip cards, with two cards from another pack, and two patience packs “Patience Goldecken 53 Blatt” by “ASS”, “No 183” and “No 171”, played-with condition commensurate with age The games publisher Otto Fischer in Glaubitz near Riesa launched “Kegelsport auf dem Tische” in 1927; the table skittles game with nine skittles and the two-part ball, whose design allows spin and which was advertised as a spiral-running ball, remained available until at least 1964 and was a bestseller of the publisher, which marked the edition levels with letters on the lid. The playing cards come from Altenburg, where card makers are first mentioned in 1509; in 1931 the Altenburg and Stralsund factories merged to form the Vereinigte Altenburger und Stralsunder Spielkartenfabriken with the brand ASS, which resumed production in 1948 and has belonged to Cartamundi since 2002. The Saxon double-headed pattern with the suits acorns, leaves, hearts and bells is a German-suited pack for skat. With the wire puzzle “Liliput” the set combines game of skill, puzzle game and card game; the skat box names the manufacturer formed by the 1931 merger in full.