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Oley Township Artist(Berks County, Pennsylvania, a

Estimate: $7,000 - $9,000
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Oley Township Artist(Berks County, Pennsylvania, active 1799-1828) - Taufschein, hand-drawn watercolor and ink on paper, for Johannes Hoffer, 1777, Berks County, Oley Township, with central circular panel enclosing red and black German script, having blue border with red crosshatched lozenges and a red, green, and yellow crown on top, flanked by colorful green, red, and blue birds perched on branches of vibrant stylized flowers, 7 3/4" x 12 1/4". For similar examples, see The Pennsylvania German Fraktur of the Free Library of Philadelphia, plates 344 and 789.