Object Record
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Metadata
Accession number |
2015.06.01- |
Artist |
Kolb, Andreas, 1749-1811 (attributed to) |
Condition |
Poor |
Date |
1804 |
Description |
Bookplate (fragment) for Anna Geissinger of Upper Saucon, dated February 28, 1804, unsigned, loose in the front of a copy of the 1803 edition of the Mennonite hymnbook Kleine Geistliche Harfe der Kinder Zions (Germantown: Michael Billmeyer). The ownership text is fraktur lettering, filled with pink-red, yellow and blue, followed by an possessive verse and the date in German script. The text is in a decorative multicolored frame and surrounded by multicolored leaves and flowers in a basically symmetrical pattern. The bottom quarter of the plate is missing. The book also contains the name "George" inside the front cover (in English script) [this was Anna's husband, George Clemmer], and birth records for the children of Anna & George Clemmer on two front flyleaves, in German script, dated 1810-1828. The surname is included with each entry. A slip of paper with three prayers or hymns in German script, dated 1824, is loose in the book. |
Dimensions |
H-6.5 W-3.75 inches |
Height (ft) |
0.542 |
Height (in) |
6.500 |
Material |
Laid paper, watercolor, ink |
Notes on Related Objects |
Bookplates for Anna Geissinger by Andreas Kolb |
Catalog Number |
2015.06.04 |
Object Name |
BOOKPLATE |
Other Name |
FRAGMENT |
Owned |
Clemmer, Anna Geissinger, 1787-1872 |
People |
Kolb, Andreas, 1749-1811 Clemmer, Anna Geissinger, 1787-1872 Clemmer, George, 1786-1864 Clemmer, John G., 1810-1894 Clemmer, Christian G., 1813-1883 Clemmer, David G., 1815-1893 Hiestand, Catherine G. Clemmer, 1818-1866 Clemmer, Samuel G., 1821-1870 Bechtel, Anna G. Clemmer, 1824-1901 Clemmer, Abraham G., 1828-1902 |
Place of Origin |
Upper Saucon Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania |
Width (ft) |
0.313 |
Width (in) |
3.750 |