Lot Essay
A closely related example is illustrated in Frederick Weiser and Howell J. Heaney, Pennsylvania German Fraktur of the Free Library of Philadelphia, vol. I (Philadelphia, 1976), fig. 269.
Details
A WATERCOLOR FRAKTUR BOOKPLATE
ATTRIBUTED TO SCHWENKFELDER SCHOOL, MONTGOMERY OR BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, DATED 1844
The bookplate with a scalloped rectangular border enclosing a geometric border surrounding the inscription "Hoor Weber" over a pair of birds perched atop a floral vine, dated 1844--6 1/4 x 3 5/16in.
ATTRIBUTED TO SCHWENKFELDER SCHOOL, MONTGOMERY OR BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, DATED 1844
The bookplate with a scalloped rectangular border enclosing a geometric border surrounding the inscription "Hoor Weber" over a pair of birds perched atop a floral vine, dated 1844--6 1/4 x 3 5/16in.
Provenance
Collection of Barry Cohen