Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Weiser Number: 1018
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Susanna \ Kriebel \ 1850

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur is in the upper portion of the document. Below it is a large rose and several smaller flowers. The entire item is framed by a decorative border. This bookplate is in Neueingerichtetes Gesang=Buch (Philadelphia: Conrad Zentler, 1813).   (PA GER Philadelphia 1813 N393)

Probably Schwenkfelder in origin.

Associated Names: Kriebel, Susanna
Provenance: Levi E. Yoder

Bibliography:

Dennis K. Moyer, Fraktur Writings and Folk Art Drawings of the Schwenkfelder Library Collection (Kutztown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1997).

Creation Place County: Creation Place Note:Based on design characteristics and family name
Region/County:[Montgomery]
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1850
Image Dimensions Width: 15.6 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-34
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator
Anonymous - Scrivener