Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 136
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

[Text cut off] Frühling sieht man auf dem Plan \ So manche schöne Tuliban 18 [text cut off]
Ein vogel in der Hand, Ist gut \ als zwey im busch.

Translation:

[Text cut off] in spring one sees in the field many a pretty tulips. 18 [text cut off]
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Category: Reward of Merit (Belohnung)
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. In the center of the document is a large tulip with three flowers. In the lower corners are two inward-looking birds. The text in Fraktur is written vertically in the upper corners as well as along the bottom edge. Small drawings, often lacking inscriptions and referred to as bookmarks by collectors, were given by schoolmasters to their students as rewards for good behavior and scholastic accomplishments.

Associated Names: Eyer, Johann Adam
Bibliography:

"Eyer School" in Cory M. Amsler, ed., Bucks County Fraktur (Kutztown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1999), pp. 262-265.

"Johann Adam Eyer" in Russell D. and Corinne P. Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners (East Berlin, Pa.: Russell D. Earnest Associates, 1997), 2^nd ed., vol. 1, pp. 256-260.

Frederick S. Weiser, "IAE SD, the Story of Johann Adam Eyer (1755-1837)," in Ebbes fer Alle-Ebber, Ebbes fer Dich (Breinigsville, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1980), pp. 437-506.

Creation Place County: Creation Place Note:Based on design characteristics
Region/County:[Bucks]
State/Province:Pennsylvania

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1800
Image Dimensions Width: 15.7 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 477
Creator Name: Anonymous [School of Johann Adam Eyer (active c. 1790-1820)] - Decorator
Anonymous [School of Johann Adam Eyer (active c. 1790-1820)] - Scrivener