I.T.W. Artist(Berks County, Pennsylvania, watercolor and ink on paper fraktur birth certificate for Jacob Adams 1805, with a central heart enclosing script surrounded by mermaids, parrots, tulips, and flowers in shades of green, yellow, and red, 13'' x 16''. For a similar example, see Shelley Illuminated Manuscripts, plate 215 and Earnest, Paper for Birth Dayes, pg. 785.
Condition report
Very minor sporadic stains. Light creases. 5" tear at right edge. Not examined out of frame.
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October 24th&25th, 2008 - Machmer Collection
7:00 AM PT - Oct 24th, 2008
offered by
Pook & Pook, Inc.
463 East Lancaster Ave.
Downingtown, PA 19335
Downingtown, PA 19335
