Fraktur Bookplate for “Georg Schlotter”
Attributed to Johann Adam Eyer, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Circa 1800-1815
Watercolor on paper in a period decorated frame
5 x 3 1/2 inches. Frame 7 x 5 1/2 inches
This very patriotic spread-wing eagle, derived form the obverse of the Great Seal of the United States, wears a striped shield on its' chest and is clutching arrows on the left. This Pennsylvania German fraktur artist has the eagle clutching a tulip vine on the right instead of the olive branch. The name and script are encased in a decorative heart. For related examples see: Minardi, A Colorful Folk, Pennsylvania Germans & the Art of Everyday Life, p. 59, figures 80 & 81 Provenance: The collection of Caroline and Tom Porter widely respected former owners of Garth's Auction in Ohio.
$8,500
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