$6,900
Montgomery County Schwenkfelder hand-drawn watercolor on wove paper fraktur , letter "H" for Heilig, possibly by Susanna Heebner, executed in vibrant red, orange, and black, the letter intertwined with a variety of tulips and intricate stylized flowers, typical of Schwenkfelder design, a superb example, 7 1/4" x 6 1/2". Provenance: George Horace Lorimer collection. Pictured in Fraktur Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts by Dr. Donald A. Shelley, plate 174; and Pennsylvania German Illuminated Manuscripts by Henry S. Borneman, plate 18. For similar examples, see The Pennsylvania German Fraktur of the Free Library of Philadelphia , plate 1014. Information and examples of Schwenkfelder designs can be found in Fraktur Writings and Folk Art Drawings of the Schwenkfelder Library Collection by Dennis Moyer.
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2004-10-08
