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Watercolor Birth Fraktur for Sussanna Elisabeth Shaffer

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$7,500$6,000
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 3585TLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: April 01, 2021 12:00PM

Description:

Watercolor Birth Fraktur for Sussanna Elisabeth Shaffer, Francis Portzline, Union County, Pennsylvania, c. 1834, the text in red ink within a blue and yellow heart with a pair of birds and flower above and scene with a woman in a green gown, surrounded by tulips on vines and two pairs of birds, signed "Francis Portzline" l.l., in a painted split-baluster frame, ht. 15 1/2, wd. 9 7/8 in. (sight).
Estimate $2,500-3,500

some professionally repaired tears including through central heart and at edges. Roughness at edges, too. Paper affixed at four corners to a backing, but not laid down.


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Keywords

Elisabeth Shaffer, Francis Portzline