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Scrivener
Andreas Victor Kessler (active circa 1791-1821)
Decorator
Friederich Krebs (1749-1815)
Accession Number
PAG1998.159
Creation Date
1789
Description
Printed Taufschein with floral-and-bird borders on sides, free-drawn floral or grape motifs at top.
Dimensions in Inches
12 11/16 x 16
Dimensions in Centimeters
32 x 41
Materials
Watercolor and ink on laid paper
Technique
Drawn, Hand lettered
Print Shop Location
Ephrata Cloister, Pennsylvania
Associated Places
Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Category
Birth and baptismal certificate (Geburts-und-Taufschein)
Motifs
floral, flowers, grapes, birds
Associated Names
Johannes Geschwind, Mari Elisabeth Bosler, Maria Christina, Maira Elisabe, Peter Wax, Christina Wax
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 language
Comment
The printed components of this piece are very similar to 1998.158, produced by Ephrata the same year. With the deletion of the textile border at the top, the artist was left with a large open spot to decorate by hand. Krebs added a pale green and yellow flower or grape design with red dots. Krebs also made a mistake in filling this piece out, putting the mother’s name Maria Elisabeth instead of the child’s name, Maria Christina, at the bottom. He also wrote the name of township in place of the county, realized his mistake, and followed it by the name of the county.
Condition
Good
Bibliographical Reference
Stopp #247.3, 2:158
Published
Shoemaker, Alfred L. Check List of Pennsylvania Dutch Printed Taufscheins. (Lancaster, Pa.: Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center, 1952). p. 30. 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. 2, p. 158.
File Format
.jpeg
Type
image
Keywords
fraktur, Pennsylvania German, Pennsylvania Dutch, folk art, illuminated manuscript, taufschein
Image Location
Rights Statement
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