Printed angel form B & BC for unknown daughter born 4 June1823 in Lancaster County. Infill is in German script. Father appears to be Abraham --racht? and mother is Catharina, nee ??. Baptism information not infilled, except for daughter's name.
A variant of the standing angel form has angels flanking center text block titled "Geburts- und Taufschein". Scene at top is Jesus' baptism by John the Baptist. At bottom is a domed temple and perching birds are at bottom corners. Five smaller bordered boxes contain religious verse. Bottom-most box has "Reading, / Gedrckt (sic) und zu haben bey / Heinrich B. Sage." Color decorated throughout.
Light soil, small stains and strong foxing. Fold lines breaking, esp. vertical fold, which also has some holes. Three half-circle chunks of paper have been torn out at left edge and two are at right edge. All mended by cellophane tape. All edges ragged and dark brown. Inserted into mylar sleeve.
Object ID
2017.999.26
Notes
Not found in the list of the Fraktur Collection appraised by Rev. Fred Weiser, Sept. 1988.
This imprint by Heinrich Sage of Reading is a variant of the angel form numbered 739.1 or 740 in Klaus Stopp's "The Printed BBCs of the German Americans", vol. IV, page 265. Note the word Gedruckt (printed) is misspelled, missing the "u".
Printed B&BC, standing angel type, done for William --- Hammer, born 11 Jan 1827 in Orwiksburg(sic), Schukllyr(sic) Co. Pa., son of Joseph Hammer and wife Phillipina, nee Huntzinger. Baptized by Thomas Bock in 1827; sponsors were Jacob & Susanna Huntzinger.
Multicolor fraktur pasted onto heavy brown paper w/ edges folded around to front and pasted onto fraktur edges.
Printed in Reading; Likely infilled in Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County. Printer: Heinrich B. Sage; Infill: unknown
Heavy stains, broken vertical center fold line, pasted onto heavy brown paper with edges brought around to front and pasted onto edges of fraktur. Heavy paste along vertical fold line.
