Catalogue for October 24th & 25th 2008
Lot 50 <previous next>
Estimated: $6000 - $10000
Realized Price: $6435
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.
