Anton Moser
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Anton Moser founded a card company in Vienna
in 1824. In 1843 the company was taken over by Ferdinand Piatnik
, who made the company one of the most successful card manufacturers in the world.
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
in 1824. In 1843 the company was taken over by Ferdinand Piatnik
Ferdinand Piatnik
Ferdinand Piatnik was an Austrian-Hungarian card painter and manufacturer.Born at Ofen, now Budapest, then part of the Austrian Empire, 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...
, who made the company one of the most successful card manufacturers in the world.