Flower and Fruits: the art jokers

The art section is diverse covering classic art, modern art, mystical and death jokers, statues, masks, and flowers and fruit. This it the flower and fruit joker section. Enjoy, and remember to take time to smell the flowers.

These next two pages while currently grouped in the flower and fruit section of the artsy jokers, probably will be moved to a new home, as soon as I can figure out where.

The Art and Artsy Joker section is made up of several subsections.

1. Beautiful art jokers: classical, digital, and   flowers, fruit, mermaids
2. Card-themed Jokers (YES, this is intentional) 
3. Mystical, deathly, and devils. Pirates too.
4. Masks
5. Statues 

The Percussion Section: Musical Jokers

This percussion article got obsoleted by a percussion joker article written in July of 2021.

In an orchestra, there are a few big categories of musicians and instruments: the string instruments, the wind (and brass) instruments, and the percussion. 

The percussion is built around the drums but it includes bells and oddly, the piano. Should the piano forte really be considered a string instrument since after all, there are strings? That’s a question beyond my pay grade but it’s been explained to me that pianos, because you strike the strings rather than stroke or pluck them, counts as a percussion instrument.

See the blue drummer in middle of the top row just above here? Janet Lane, another joker aficionado, informed the Facebook joker collectors group that:  It was made by RAP-IT Paper Company. It started in 1957 as a family business in Melbourne, Australia. It flourished.  In 1993 the name changed to RAP-IT Packaging. In 2002 things were grim as they went into receivership. It went to public tender. The brand name was sold with the manufacturing unit to T.P.A. Packaging Pty Ltd, which interestingly started in 2002. Now seems be Aline Packaging, their web address was Rap-It (not now). Aline is Australian owned. Perhaps bought T.P.A. and the Rap-It brand name. Not sure when these were made, I think when the original company was still going. Don't know who designed them either, any help appreciated. The play of words for rap it, like a drum rap, was a nice touch for the jokers. Rap-It of course in turn being a play of words on Wrap it. Good to have some Australian band members  ha.

Want to see more musical jokers?

1. Stringed Instruments 
2. Wind Instruments
3. Percussion including piano.
4. Ensemble Trios

Plus, there are  jokers with Musicians including an Elvis section.

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Scatterman - The Cartamundi Jester Joker

One of most classic jesters with tons of variations. He is often known as Scatterman or Sowers.

 I have about 150 here (as of April 2021) and frankly, I’m more than a little overwhelmed looking at all the minor variations. 

Fun fact: I have only once traded away a joker that wasn't a duplicate. It was one of these variations of Scatterman. Someone else really wanted it and they had a nice joker in trade.  I think about having done this a surprising amount. It turns out to be emotional difficult for me to let one go of even one even though it was a more than fair trade. 

Just updated the pages from here down - April 2021.

It's possible that I should have updated the pages before this since jokers tend to shift around each time I get a new one so that each page gets balanced.....

 April 2022, here's some new scattermans. I bought them with decks in Portugal, I think all from China. These first two are different in only very nuanced ways.

These scattermans are quite different.

 

You see more jokers, I'd suggest going to my table of contents which lays out the whole joker organizational system

Jokers - not jesters - Standing

 These jokers are not court jesters or clowns. They are standing (well, sometimes striding) and do not have weapons and are dancing. 

 This article has jokers but not jesters, maybe standing still or walking, and with NO wand. In includes some ladies and some robots.  It excludes:

- Jesters with NO WAND standing
- STANDING jesters with Wands
- Walking Jesters with Wands
- Juggling Jesters
- Performing Jesters with cards or without cards
- Sitting Jokers
- Dancing Jokers

We'll start with a female joker, but not a jester.

Then an example of a robot.

Here are the ensemble shots of jokers (not jesters) standing or maybe walking. First, eight standing lady jokers.

More ladies

Robots!!

Want to see more Jester Jokers (not real people or celebrities)?

1. Dancing with or without jesters wands 
2.  Performers with cards or without cards 
3. Juggling things 

   

   Juggling Jesters

4. Juggling cards  
1. Scatterman variations
5. Sitting - Forward vs Sideways
6. Jesters: STANDING jesters with Wands, Walking Jesters with Wands, NO WAND (standing still or walking)
7. Head Shots or Busts. On a stick, heads, hands no wand, hand with a wand  
8. Fighters! ie Jokers with swords, etc
9. Clown Jokers  
10. Jokers, not jesters, standing (or walking) 

Jesters with NO Jesters Wand

 This article has jesters, maybe standing still or walking, but with NO WAND.  It excludes:

1. Dancing with or without jesters wands 
2.  Performers with cards or without cards 
3. Juggling things 
5. Juggling cards  
1. Scatterman joker variations Cartamundi joker)
6. Sitting - Forward vs Sideways
7. Jesters: STANDING jesters with Wands, Walking Jesters with Wands, NO WAND (standing still or walking) - THIS POST!
8. Head Shots or Busts. On a stick, heads, hands no wand, hand with a wand  
9. Fighters! ie Jokers with swords, etc
10. Clown Jokers  
11. Jokers, not jesters, standing (or walking) 

There are 5 pages of these jokers with NO wands.

The jesters in the top and second row in the middle just below are made by a J O Oberg & Son, Eskilstuna, Sweden. C1933 and later. (Thanks Ronald Kruijmel!)

Let’s dig deeper into the categories on this next nine. In the middle of this next nine, there’s a jester holding a stick. #confusing! But the stick does not have a jesters head on it: it has the four suits. If it wasn’t such a minor detail, that card would have been put in the “cards about cards” section. On the top left, the jester is talking. He’s almost performing. On his right, there’s a jester atop a ball. This seems to me to be a performer or juggler ( balancer?), I might have to move him. The 3 in the middle row have movement but aren’t dancing. Ditto on bottom row middle.

More Qs on categories. Top row middle is holding a tiny deck of cards, should he be moved?

Want to see more? 

1. Dancing with or without jesters wands 
2.  Performers with cards or without cards 
3. Juggling things 
5. Juggling cards  
1. Scatterman joker variations Cartamundi joker)
6. Sitting - Forward vs Sideways
7. Jesters: STANDING jesters with Wands, Walking Jesters with Wands, NO WAND (standing still or walking) - THIS POST!
8. Head Shots or Busts. On a stick, heads, hands no wand, hand with a wand  
9. Fighters! ie Jokers with swords, etc
10. Clown Jokers  
11. Jokers, not jesters, standing (or walking) 

Walking Jesters with Wands

 This subsection focuses on Walking Jesters with Wands. There are 3 full pages and a partial page. It's closely related to but distinct from:

1. Dancing with or without jesters wands 
2.  Performers with cards or without cards 
3. Juggling things 
4. Juggling cards  
1. Scatterman joker variations Cartamundi joker)
5. Sitting - Forward vs Sideways
6. Jesters: STANDING jesters with Wands, Walking Jesters with Wands, NO WAND (standing still or walking) 
7. Head Shots or Busts. On a stick, heads, hands no wand, hand with a wand  
8. Fighters! ie Jokers with swords, etc
9. Clown Jokers  
10. Jokers, not jesters, standing (or walking) 

Here's a typical walking jester with a wand. I think I bought him in Russia, long ago.

Here's a new one that I just acquired (April 2021).  Canadian: Consolidated Lithography and Manufacturing Co. They later became the Canadian Playing Card Co. This one might be 1920-ish.

  And here are the ensemble shots...

Here's some info about the jokers in hte middle row on the left and on the right.  It's quoted from Janet Lane from the FB Jokers group, 11/5/2022. Those jokers are from a Versailles deck by Grimaud, made about 1969-70, designed by Mlle. Matéjà. An information card included in the deck specifies that it's  Pierre D'Angely - the jester or fool of Louis lll. He was a real jester, several historical mentions and perhaps a painting of him exists.  He features in the 1828 play "Marion de Lorme" of Victor Hugo, being wise and witty and brave. He was known to be able to cleverly advise the King against some of the power grabs by the manipulative Cardinal Richelieu.   A bauble (jokers wand) was also part of the jesters sign of office. This jokers are WWPCM04758 in the World Web Playing Card Museum.

These last four are from Italy (Per Tom van Berkum)  it's published by Cambissa & Co. since 1956.

Here are some choices to see more.

Dancing with or without jesters wands 

 Performers with cards or without cards 

Juggling things 

Juggling cards 

Scatterman joker variations (Cartamundi joker)

Sitting - Forward vs Sideways

Jesters: STANDING jesters with Wands, Walking Jesters with Wands, NO WAND (standing still or walking) 

Head Shots or Busts. On a stick, heads, hands no wand, hand with a wand  

Fighters! ie Jokers with swords, etc

Clown Jokers  

Jokers, not jesters, standing (or walking)