Ferdinand Piatnik

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Ferd. Piatnik
Ferd. Piatnik

Ferdinand Piatnik (1819, Ofen, now Budapest, Austrian Empire - 1885, Bad Vöslau) was a Hungarian-born card painter and manufacturer. He was educated in Bratislava. He bought an Austrian card company off Anton Moser in 1843 and made it one of the most successful game manufacturing companies in the world. He later married the widow of Anton Moser. After his three sons entered the company in 1882 it was renamed Ferd. Piatnik & Söhne.

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