$4,920
Birth Certificate Fraktur by the "Ehre Vater" Artist (Berks County, act. 1782-1828), Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 1792, watercolor and ink, for Joseph Weber, composed of lilies, vining flowers, and a compass star, 15 1/2 x 13 (sight), in a black frame, 18 1/2 x 16 in. overall. Literature: For a similar work see Shelley, The Fraktur - Writings of Illuminated Manuscripts of the Pennsylvania Germans , plate 206.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-08-09