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The Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Flack

Sat, Oct 27, 2012 09:00AM EDT
Lot 92

Anthony Rehm (Milford Township, Pennsylvania, acti

Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
Sold for
$3,555
Sold Price includes BP

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Anthony Rehm (Milford Township, Pennsylvania, active 1818-1825), rare watercolor and ink on laid paper birth and baptismal certificate for Elias Hettich, dated 1818, Bucks County, with a central large heart with scalloped border enclosing script, surrounded by tulip vines, birds, running stags, and two lower hearts, all decorations outlined with pinprick designs, signed in heart Anton Rehm, later text by Martin Wetzler, 12 1/4" x 15 1/2". Pictured in Amsler, Bucks County Fraktur, fig. 198 and in The Magazine Antiques, April 1998, pg. 591. Exhibition: Mercer Museum, Bucks County Fraktur, 1997-1998.

Condition

Contemporary frame. Some discoloration to paper. Repair to left center edge extending in about 2". Several tears.