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Scrivener
Daniel Otto (circa 1770-1822)
Decorator
Daniel Otto (circa 1770-1822)
Accession Number
PAG1998.160
Creation Date
1800
Description
Printed Taufschein with floral-and-bird borders at sides, winged angel head at bottom center, unusual beehive design with mortar and pestle, circle on plinth at top center.
Dimensions in Inches
12 3/4 x 15 1/2
Dimensions in Centimeters
32 x 39
Materials
Watercolor and ink on laid paper
Technique
Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered
Print Shop Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Associated Places
Haines, Centre County, Pennsylvania
Category
Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts-und-Taufschein)
Motifs
floral, flowers, birds, tulips
Associated Names
Friederich Stober, Anna Hetzler, Michael, Jasensky, Michael Rohn, Elisabeth Rohn, Michael Stover
Rights
Please contact the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College for permissions which fall outside of educational fair use.
Source
Ursinus College Library Special Collections and the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art
Provenance
Pennsylvania Folklife Society
Script/Text
Fraktur lettering, German script
Language
German
Comment
This piece shows Daniel Otto’s frequent heavy use of yellow with red as an embellishment. The beehive, mortar and pestle motif at the top center is found more commonly as medicine bottle labels. The empty space below would be used to write in the name and dosage instructions. The only two known extant versions of this edition were made for brothers Michael (born May 16, 1793) and Daniel Stober (born February 14, 1809). Both were decorated by Daniel Otto with only slight variations.
Condition
Good
Bibliographical Reference
Stopp #331, 3:16
Published
Minardi, Lisa. Roots: Ursinus College and the Pennsylvania Germans (Trappe, Pa.: Historic Trappe, 2019). p. 69, fig. 3.43. Stopp, Klaus. The Printed Birth and Baptismal Certificates of the German Americans. 6 vols. (Mainz, Germany, and East Berlin, Pa.: privately published, 1997–99). vol. 3, p. 16.
File Format
.jpeg
Type
image
Keywords
fraktur, Pennsylvania German, Pennsylvania Dutch, folk art, illuminated manuscript, taufschein
Image Location
Rights Statement
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