A charming children's card game from the 1940s: this vintage Schnipp Schnapp quartet game represents the simple yet engaging entertainment culture of mid-20th-century family life.
Schnipp Schnapp was a popular children’s game in which players try to collect sets of four identical cards. The principle is similar to many later quartet and matching card games that remain popular today.
Early children’s card games like this were typically illustrated in bright colours and sold in small folding boxes. Well-preserved original examples from this period have become desirable collector’s items within the field of historical playing card culture.
Details
Game type: Schnipp Schnapp (children’s quartet card game)
Period: 1940s
Card set: 24 cards (6 quartets with four identical motifs each)
Card size: approx. 9 × 6 cm
Card backs: green-and-white checkered pattern
Instructions: game rules printed on an additional card and on the back of the box
Packaging: original folding box
Condition
complete and unused
cards clean and well preserved
box stable and undamaged
The game has been carefully inspected, cleanly stored, and remains in the condition described above.
Shipping is carefully packaged and sent with tracked DHL delivery.
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This is an original vintage one-of-a-kind item from a private collection of historical playing cards.
