Sold for:
$4,305
$4,305
Birth and Baptismal Certificate Fraktur, Pennsylvania, c. 1775-1800, printed by Georg Frederich Speyer (Berks, Dauphin, and Lancaster County, act. 1774-1801), watercolor and printed certificate for "Johannes...1750," hand-decorated by the "Cross Legged Angel Artist," the heart form with two men, two cross-legged angels, parrots, and pelicans in red, blue, green and yellow, image 16 x 13, framed, overall 19 1/2 x 17 in., overall. Literature: Similar forms are available in Shelley's The Fraktur-Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts of the Pennsylvania Germans , plate 248.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-08-09
