拍品 36
36
A WATERCOLOR AND INK DECORATED BUCHERZEICHEN

ATTRIBUTED TO THE PLUMSTEAD TOWNSHIP ARTIST, PLUMSTEAD TOWNSHIP AREA, BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, DATED 1828

细节
A WATERCOLOR AND INK DECORATED BUCHERZEICHEN
Attributed to the Plumstead Township Artist, Plumstead Township Area, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, dated 1828
Rectangular, the upper half centering a stylized brown, red and yellow flower with double petals embellished with line decoration above a tapering stem embellished with alternating scroll decoration and flanked by two smaller similar flowers over the inscription, "This songbook belongs to Susanna Meyer in Hill Township [sic.] 1828" [trans.], all in a red, yellow and brown striped and decorated surround
6¼in. high, 3½in. wide

拍品专文

The format of this bookplate is typical of fraktur design associated with Bucks County. A related songbook in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Garvan, fig. 4, p.323) is inscribed, "This little harmonious melody book belongs to Elizabeth Laederman - Student in the Deep Run Mennonite School. Written May 8th 1823." Similarities in design and inscription between these two drawings and two songbook plates illustrated in FLP 200 and 201 suggest the artist of this bookplate may have travelled routinely between Hilltown, Plumstead and Bedminster Townships. This drawing is included in the Bucks County Fraktur Survey.