Item Info

Creation Date: 12/8/1829
Scripts/Text: Fraktur; Roman print; Roman script
Language: English
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

PENNSYLVANIA

[between compass and square]
G

HARRIET \ KERLIN, s \ Cyphering Book \ Briecknock Township Berks County \ December the 8^th A D^o 1829 \ J. M. Becker

[on flowerpot]
While recolec \ tion live in the \ Remember me \ Remember me

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The main text within a rectangular frame is in the center of the document. The upper border is framed by a banner containing the word Pennsylvania, with two flowers at each end. At the top center the letter G appears, framed by a compass and square, in a diamond shaped block in the upper center. Below the text frame is a flowerpot with a variety of flowers, flanked by two birds. For the reverse of this item, see FLP 315v.
The compass, square, and G (for geometry or God) that are included on the fraktur are common Masonic symbols.

Associated Names: Kerlin, Harriet
Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on inscription on document
Region/County:Berks
City/Town/Township:Brecknock Township
State/Province:Pennsylvania

Image Dimensions Width: 31 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 315
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator
Anonymous - Scrivener