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Lot 205
Sale 993 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Lots 1-335
Mar 10, 2022
5:00AM ET
Lots 336-681
Mar 11, 2022
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Live / Cincinnati
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Lot Description
A 'Blowsy Angel' Artist Birth Certificate Fraktur
Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1808
watercolor on paper.
announcing the birth of Catharine Zigler, named after one of her baptismal witnesses, on October 14, 1808.
12 3/4 x 16 inches.
A similar example is held in the Philadelphia Free Library collection of Pennsylvania German Fraktur and Manuscripts.
announcing the birth of Catharine Zigler, named after one of her baptismal witnesses, on October 14, 1808.
12 3/4 x 16 inches.
A similar example is held in the Philadelphia Free Library collection of Pennsylvania German Fraktur and Manuscripts.