Single-jacquard woven coverlet, 4+1; 2 panels seamed vertically; red, orange, dark blue, medium blue, green; design of roses, stars and paired birds; top edge has fabric binding, bottom edge has cotton fringe, selvedge edges have looped fringe.
Inscription: "Made by / C. Yordy / Conestoga / Township / For / Fanny / Funck / 1836"
Colored drawing of an angel form B & BC in crude hand-printed German, for Fanny Funck. Within a vine border with flowers along top is a text block flanked by angels. An "eagle" is at top and baskets with flowers at bottom center, flanked by perching birds.
Titled "Geburts und Taufschein". 2nd line has "Geschrieben(?) 1831." Next is "Fanny Funck" in cursive, followed by lines of crudely hand-printed German on drawn lines. A basket of flowers follows below this and finally 4 more lines of nearly illegible German: "Vronic-- (Veronica?) Funck / Herr Gott / Johannes Herr hat es (?) / mact (?) dieser Taufschein."
Fair to Poor condition. Holes, breaks, tears and some losses, notably the huge loss at top center. Many tape mends on reverse. Edges very ragged. Some soiling with light staining.
Object ID
2004.737
Notes
Found in the list of the Fraktur Collection appraised by Rev. Fred Weiser, Sept. 1988. Listed as #37.
