Seven Assorted Framed Items

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Seven Assorted Framed Items, 19th century, a hand-colored printed Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, "Birth & Christening Certificate" for Josiah Jordan, dated 1822, labeled "Allentown, printed & sold by H. Ebner & Co."; two hand-painted lithographed valentines, one with embossed lace border; a watercolor on paper theorem depicting a basket of stenciled and hand-painted flowers, an ink inscription l.c. reads, "Painted by Harvey Doty/Presented to Becky Vandorvoort, Nov. 3/63."; a watercolor on paper painting of a flower; a full-length silhouette portrait of a young man, with watercolor, gouache, and gilt highlights; and a reproduction cut and pasted bust-length silhouette of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow signed "deMors" l.r., sight sizes from 3 1/2 x 2-16 1/4 x 13 in.
Estimate $200-300

birth cert.- minor toning, creases, minor foxing and edge losses; valentines- minor toning; theorem: toning, three small edge tears, two corner losses, some moisture staining; flower ptng.-good cond.; silhouette of boy-craquelure to gum arabic highlights,

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