Item Info

Creation Date: 2/10/1856
Scripts/Text: Fraktur; German script
Language: German
Weiser Number: 813
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Ephraim Det= \ weiler \ Sein Testament \ Geschrieben den \ 10 Februarius \ im Jahr \ Christe \ 1856
Geschrieben in Bedminster \ Taunschip Bocks Caunty \ Anno Domine 1856 \ S. F.

Translation:

Ephraim Detweiler his Testament, written February 10 in the year of Christ 1856.
Written in Bedminster Township, Bucks County, Anno Domine 1856. S. F.

Category: Bookplate (Bücherzeichen)
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The main text in Fraktur and German script within a heart is in the center of the document. The place and date in German script within a rectangular frame are below it. The heart is surrounded on the sides and top by leafy, flowering vines. Along the upper border is a swag or curtain. The entire document is framed by a decorative border. This bookplate has been removed from the Testament for which it was made.
A similar bookplate was made for Ephraim Detweiler in 1857 by an anonymous artist (See FLP 240); this bookplate appears to be a copy of the 1856 example initialed by “S.F.”.

Associated Names: Detweiler, Ephraim
Bibliography:

“The S.F. and Stover Artists” in Cory M. Amsler, ed., Bucks County Fraktur (Kutztown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1999), pp. 320-322; published as fig. 300.

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on inscription on document
Region/County:Bucks
City/Town/Township:Bedminster Township
State/Province:Pennsylvania

Image Dimensions Width: 16.8 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 441
Creator Name: S. F. Artist (active c. 1856-1857) - Decorator
S. F. Artist (active c. 1856-1857) - Scrivener