Fraktur and Related Works on Paper: The Pioneer Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Donald A. Shelley
Fri, Oct 8, 2004 09:00AM EDT
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Lot 83
Wilhelmus Antonius Faber(Southeastern Pennsylvania
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Sold for
$5,175
Sold Price includes BP
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Wilhelmus Antonius Faber(Southeastern Pennsylvania, active 1790-1818) - Fraktur birth certificate, hand-drawn watercolor and ink on paper for Maryann Thomas, 1807, Chester County, East Nantmeal Township, with central heart enclosing script surrounded by blue, yellow, and brown typical cutout design of birds, flowers, and trailing vines, 7 1/2" x 9 1/2". Pictured in Fraktur Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts by Dr. Donald A. Shelley, plate 234. For similar examples, see The Pennsylvania German Fraktur of the Free Library of Philadelphia, plates 132, 873, and 874.
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