Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2585BLocation: BostonDate / Time: March 04, 2012 11:00AM
Description:
Small Framed Hand-painted Birth Record, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1811, watercolor on paper inscribed "Joseph Shindel was born in Manor Township Lancaster County Penn. March 18th AD 1811," with flowering vine border, (toning, light stains),5 1/2 x 3 in., in a period wood frame.
Estimate $400-600
Possibly part of a larger document, left vine border trimmed.