His Sign is the Lion, Pennsylvania German 1803 Fraktur Watercolor Birth Announcement in Brilliant Color cocktail game there feels a powerfully true

there feels a powerfully true and tender convergence of naivete and brutality in drawings like this

The little branch on which it stands is hollow inside

A charmer of an old wooden field decoy I think

I just love this pot

I believe it is safe to categorize this one as a sampler

His Sign is the Lion, Pennsylvania German 1803 Fraktur Watercolor Birth Announcement in Brilliant Color cocktail game there feels a powerfully trueI just cannot walk away from color like this. And I find it a very wonderful thing that the birth of a child should be recorded and celebrated in such a glorious way. Here: Johannes Esjchleman born on March 31, 1803. (I believe I've got it right often names were spelled phonetically; I've found a record for a "John" Eshleman born on the same day in Lancaster, PA to father Johannes, certainly this is he.) Best here is the following inclusion: "und sein