Item Info

Creation Date: 6/9/1856
Scripts/Text: Roman print
Weiser Number: 410
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Sarah Gicker \ Bern June 9, 1856.

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Roman print is in the center of the document. It is flanked by two tulips. Above the text are four roses, and below it are two birds on small tree-like plants. The image is arranged vertically. This bookplate is in the catechism Hübner’s Biblische Historien (Philadelphia: Georg W. Mentz und Sohn, 1839).  (CB 1839 H87h).  For a similar booplate by the same artist, see FLP B-1015.  See also FLP 394, 1045, and 1132.

Associated Names: Gicker, Sarah
Provenance: Levi E. Yoder

Bibliography:

"Late Berks County Artist"  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. 2, pp. 501-502.

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on inscription on document
Region/County:[Berks]
City/Town/Township:Bern Township
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]

Image Dimensions Width: 10.8 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-1016
Creator Name: [Late Berks County Artist (active c. 1830-1865)] - Decorator
[Late Berks County Artist (active c. 1830-1865)] - Scrivener