Bidspirit auction | Pair Of Hand-Colored Pennysylvania Dutch

Pair Of Hand-Colored Pennysylvania Dutch Fraktur Birth & Baptismal Certificates, 1851 & 1852 - Pair Of Hand-Colored Pennysylvania Dutch Fraktur Birth & Baptismal Certificates. Each richly decorated with traditional motifs including angels, birds, hearts, floral elements, and calligraphic script in German. Dated 1851 and 1852, Printed in Allentown, Pennsylvania. First fraktur records the birth of Jeremiah Raudenbusch on the 17th of February, 1851, in New Milford Township in Bucks Country, Pennsylvania, and his baptism on the 15th of June. Second records the birth of Maria Alice Elisabeth in Allentown, PA, and her baptism on the 15th of May. Each, as framed, approximately 18.875H x 16.125W x 0.625D in. Documents approximately 17.25H x 14.0W in.