$5,750
John Barnard(American, early 19th c. ) , probably Pennsylvania, either Lancaster or Berks County, family record book, watercolor and ink on paper consisting of 30 pages with the birth records for Christian Bower and his wife Patience Hastings and 14 children including 3 sets of twins, each page various colorful decorations including a cathedral inscribed "St. Pauls", a U.S. Coat of Arms with a spread winged eagle with shield breast, potted flowers, human figures, peacock, woodpecker, parrots, willow trees, etc., the script on the right hand pages enclosed in various trailing vines and arches, also including the deaths of Christian and Patience, those pages with hourglass, verse, coffin, Christian dying 22 days before his last child was born, the frontispiece inscribed "An Age Book Made by John Barnard May 1805", 7 1/2" x 16". For similar example of Barnard's work see The Magazine Antiques , Feb. 1962, pgs. 201-204. Magazine article and family history are included with lot. Provenance
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2004-10-09
