Olde Hope Antiques http://www.oldehope.com Specializing in Folk Art and Painted Antiques Tue, 21 May 2013 20:10:58 +0000 en hourly 1 Taufshein for ‘Sarah Hammer’ http://www.oldehope.com/taufshein-for-sarah-hammer/ http://www.oldehope.com/taufshein-for-sarah-hammer/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 19:46:10 +0000 editor http://www.oldehope.com/?p=2346 Profusely decorated with cornucopias, flowers and angels holding banners.

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]]> http://www.oldehope.com/fraktur-taufshein-for-johann-georg-deibler/feed/ 0 A Rare and Important Fraktur Alphabet Book http://www.oldehope.com/a-rare-and-important-fraktur-alphabet-book/ http://www.oldehope.com/a-rare-and-important-fraktur-alphabet-book/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 15:17:15 +0000 editor http://www.oldehope.com/?p=2338 Composed of 6 pages of wove paper, each with 4 letters of the alphabet, the last page with 5 letters. Each letter is ornately composed of fragments of blue, red, and yellow watercolor outlined in ink, many terminating in flowers, animals, or human forms.

]]> http://www.oldehope.com/a-rare-and-important-fraktur-alphabet-book/feed/ 0 Philadelphia Fraktur Birth and Baptismal Record for ‘Jacob Scharadin’ http://www.oldehope.com/philadelphia-fraktur-birth-and-baptismal-record-for-jacob-scharadin/ http://www.oldehope.com/philadelphia-fraktur-birth-and-baptismal-record-for-jacob-scharadin/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 14:57:05 +0000 editor http://www.oldehope.com/?p=2348 In the manner of Henrich Weiss (active 1776-1808). A rare example, as it is related to Philadelphia.

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