Fraktur and Related Works on Paper: The Pioneer Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Donald A. Shelley
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Lot 44
Springing Deer Artist(Berks and Lehigh Counties, P
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for
$3,220
Sold Price includes BP
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Springing Deer Artist(Berks and Lehigh Counties, Pennsylvania, active 1802-1815) - Birth certificate, hand-drawn watercolor and ink on paper for Ehster Rohrback, Berks County 1813, of typical format with central heart enclosing script flanked by 2 springing deer, female figures and birds perched on branches, executed in shades of orange, green, and yellow, 8" x 13". Provenance: Inscribed verso "To Donald Shelley from the Esther Steven Brazer Collection by Clarence W. Brazer Feb. 18, 1949". Pictured in Fraktur Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts by Dr. Donald A. Shelley, plate 214. For similar examples, see The Pennsylvania German Fraktur of the Free Library of Philadelphia, plates 81 and 347.
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