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August 12, 2018 10:00 AMCalender
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Watercolor Tavern Rhyme Fraktur

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Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 3121MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 12, 2018 10:00AM

Description:

Watercolor Tavern Rhyme Fraktur, Berks County, Pennsylvania, early 19th century, German inscription within a red and yellow triangle border flanked by a man in a red jacket and military hat and a man in a blue jacket and top hat, in a tiger maple frame, ht. 7 3/4, wd. 12 1/4 in. (sight).

Provenance: Kribel Collection, Reading, Pennsylvania; Joe Kindig & Son, York, Pennsylvania; Sotheby Parke Bernet, April 30, 1981, Lot 61.
Provenance: The Arthur & Sybil Kern Collection of American Folk Art.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

two tears; evidence of old tape repairs on the backside; central water stain, some toning, subtle creases along an old fold.


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Keywords

Joe Kindig, Sybil Kern, Reading, York