Lot Essay
A related drawing is illustrated in Weiser, The Gift is Small, The Love is Great, fig. 49, p.61; in FLP 68-71 and 338, 339. See also Earnest, pp.357-358.
ATTRIBUTED TO THE DURHAM TOWNSHIP ARTIST (ACTIVE CIRCA 1823-1825), BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, DATED 1823
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A WATERCOLOR AND INK DECORATED TAUFSCHEIN
Attributed to the Durham Township Artist (active circa 1823-1825), Bucks County, Pennsylvania, dated 1823
Centering a rectangular yellow and red bordered reserve inscribed with the birth and baptismal record of Hannah Hefler(?), born on 17 October 1815 in Haycock Township, Bucks County, to Jacob and Sarah Hefler, below a trapezoidal red and yellow bordered reserve centering above a green, red and yellow geometric decorated urn issuing similarly colored flowers and flanked by green, red and yellow songbirds, the whole flanked by red, yellow and green geometric decorated urns issuing oversized and stylized tulips, flowers, buds and leaves above squared red bordered reserves inscribed with religious verses and "Bucks County/March the 21st 1823"
7¾in. high, 12 5/8in. wide
Attributed to the Durham Township Artist (active circa 1823-1825), Bucks County, Pennsylvania, dated 1823
Centering a rectangular yellow and red bordered reserve inscribed with the birth and baptismal record of Hannah Hefler(?), born on 17 October 1815 in Haycock Township, Bucks County, to Jacob and Sarah Hefler, below a trapezoidal red and yellow bordered reserve centering above a green, red and yellow geometric decorated urn issuing similarly colored flowers and flanked by green, red and yellow songbirds, the whole flanked by red, yellow and green geometric decorated urns issuing oversized and stylized tulips, flowers, buds and leaves above squared red bordered reserves inscribed with religious verses and "Bucks County/March the 21st 1823"
7¾in. high, 12 5/8in. wide