Glorious 1850 Pennsylvania German Fraktur Watercolor Bookplate with Pointing Hand, Berks County folk caving this is an old dibbler

this is an old dibbler

4" long x 2 1/4" tall x 1/4" thick

and he’ll sit but not stand on his own

By Luther Moulton

This would benefit from a piece of board or cardboard placed over that plastic to press the needlepoint tight against the front of the frame

Glorious 1850 Pennsylvania German Fraktur Watercolor Bookplate with Pointing Hand, Berks County folk caving this is an old dibblerPhotos don't quite do justice to the richness and radiance of the color on this 1850 Pennsylvania German fraktur bookplate I find it just glorious. The lower half reads "In Ober [Upper] Bern Township, Berks County, 1850." The upper portion is the name of its owner I read it as Eleisa Mager, but I think I may have a letter or two wrong as I've not found a match; perhaps Mayer? (Surely someone better at reading fraktur lettering than I am can figure it