$5,214
Johann Adam Eyer (Deep Run School, Bedminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, active 1755-1837) , watercolor and ink on paper fraktur decorated copybook for Magdalena Kratz 1785 , decorated with birds, a tulip tree, a double-headed eagle, and a heart enclosing script, 7 3/4" x 6 1/4". Illustrated in Shelley, Fraktur Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts of the Pennsylvania Germans , plate 47. Provenance: Pook & Pook, Inc., The Pioneer Americana Collection of Dr. & Mrs. Donald Shelley, October 2004, lot 57.
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2012-10-27