Item Info

Creation Date: 10/24/1861
Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 687
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Johannes M. \ Stoltzfuß \ Gehöret \ Dieses \ Büchlein \ zu \ Barbara Ebersol
Geschriben \ Den \ 24 ten \ October \ 1861

Translation:

Johannes M. Ebersoll owns this little book. Barbara Ebersol.
Written the 24th of October 1861.

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur extends across two facing pages. In the lower right are two checkered flowers. Both pages are framed by decorative borders. This bookplate is in the hymnal Ausbund, Das ist: Etliche schöne Christliche Lieder (Lancaster, Pa.: Johann Bär, 1834)  (PA GER Lancaster 1834 Au72).

Associated Names: Stoltzfuss, Johannes M.
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

David Luthy, Amish Folk Artist Barbara Ebersol: Her Life, Fraktur, and Death Record Book (Lancaster, Pa.: Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, 1995).

Louise Stoltzfus, Two Amish Folk Artists: The Story of Henry Lapp and Barbara Ebersol (Intercourse, Pa.: Good Books, 1995).

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on artist's location
Region/County:[Lancaster]
City/Town/Township:[Upper Leacock Township]
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]

Image Dimensions Width: 14.4 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-136
Creator Name: Ebersol, Barbara (1846-1922) - Decorator
Ebersol, Barbara (1846-1922) - Scrivener