Sold for:
$978
$978
Johann Henrich Otto(Lancaster and Northumberland Counties, Pennsylvania, active 1762-1797) - Taufschein, hand-drawn and colored on a printed form, dated 1793, for Chatharina Tiemer, with central script surrounded by typical bright red, green, and yellow parrots, birds, stylized flowers, stars, and trailing vines, 13 1/2" x 16 1/2"(losses). This certificate is the second known copy and therefor a rare example. For information and a similar example, see The Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans by Klaus Stopp, vol. II, page 144.
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2004-10-08
