Glorious 1850 Pennsylvania German Fraktur Watercolor Bookplate with Pointing Hand, Berks County folk caving which is part of what

which is part of what makes them great

I especially love seeing the ones for Baby Ruth and Chicklets and Doublemint Gum

I love those toothy smiles too

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

with a nice fat

Glorious 1850 Pennsylvania German Fraktur Watercolor Bookplate with Pointing Hand, Berks County folk caving which is part of whatPhotos 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