Walnut-shells as fortune-tellers : A German New Year's Eve custom

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Title
Walnut-shells as fortune-tellers : A German New Year's Eve custom
Names
Cucuel, Edward, 1875-1954 (Artist)
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

Fortune Telling

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1908-01-04
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC FORTU-Tel
Topics
Fortune-telling
Manners & customs -- Germany
New Year -- Germany
Parties -- Germany
Fortune-telling -- Germany
Genres
Genre works
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "At New Year's Eve parties in Germany a popular amusement is fortune-telling by walnut-shells floating in a bowl of water. The shells either come together by attraction or they are drawn to the side of the bowl, and according to their movements good or ill-luck is foretold to the players. Each player has his or her own shell, and when two shells approach it is supposed to be an augury of what will happen in the lives of the owners."
Source note: Illustrated London news. (London : Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd., 1842-).
Physical Description
Halftone photomechanical prints
Extent: 31 x 24 cm. (12 x 9 1/4 in.)
Horizontal fold mark running through center of image.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17959650
Barcode: 33333159486956
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5ffe3810-c551-012f-e8b4-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

1875
2026
  • 1875: Creator Born
  • 1908: Issued
  • 1954: Creator Died
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Walnut-shells as fortune-tellers " The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1908-01-04. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-366b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Walnut-shells as fortune-tellers " New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed February 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-366b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1908-01-04). Walnut-shells as fortune-tellers Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-366b-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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