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Lot 429

Very fine Pennsylvania taufschein dated 1790, hand

Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
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Very fine Pennsylvania taufschein dated 1790, hand-drawn watercolor and ink on laid paper for Catharina Hoag, Bern Township, Berks County with elaborate script within a border with beribboned ovals, grapevines, and trailing floral vines intertwined around border, executed in shades of green, red, blue, yellow, and brown, 13 1/4" x 16 1/2". For similar example see Pennsylvania German Fraktur of the Free Library of Philadelphia, plate #36.