1843 Beautifully Hand-colored Pennsylvania Fraktur Marriage Certificate, Framed vintage house numbers It shows some paint loss

It shows some paint loss and a little rust too

indicating that these were actively used

but I think all to the good

with the expression on this young man's face seeming as if aware of being dislocated in time

with lots and lots of deep blue full page star maps in it

1843 Beautifully Hand-colored Pennsylvania Fraktur Marriage Certificate, Framed vintage house numbers It shows some paint lossI've always admired early Pennsylvania German fraktur marriage certificates like this one, engraved then enhanced by hand with watercolor (and of course with the names and details of the marrying couple written in.) But it is the very joyful and especially colorful painting on this one, dated 1843, that made me jump on it most of all the wonderful polka dots decorating the robe of our angel at left! (And within a day of finding this, I found a school