Sold for:
$2,340
$2,340
Johann Henrich Otto(Lancaster and Northumberland Counties, active 1762-1797) - Haus-segen, hand-drawn and colored on a printed form, dated 1785, with central large heart surrounded by small hearts, all with hand-drawn scalloped borders, within border of elaborate red, green, and blue hand-drawn birds, stylized flowers, tulips, and trailing vines, 17" x 13" (losses). For similar examples, see The Pennsylvania German Fraktur of the Free Library of Philadelphia , plates 283 and 284, and Fraktur Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts by Dr. Donald A. Shelley, plate 190. For artist information, see Papers for Birth Dayes by Earnest, pages 594-600.
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2004-10-08
