Francis Portzline early Pennsylvania arts & crafts German Fraktor Art Baptismal Certificate rare copy

Unique, rare copy of the birth certificate of Benjamin Portzline, by Francis Portzline.
vintage collectible Fraktur, may be a copy from the original which is held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Francis Portzline, school master, teacher & fraktur artist. [1771-1857].

Geburts and Taufschein. certificate of ( birth & baptism).

The Pennsylvania German Society informed me that these fraktur items became very popular during the bicentenial in Pennsylvania. this fraktur as told to me by the curator staff at the Philadelphia museum of art, that this copy shows identical markings as the copy in the museum, however they were not 100 percent positive. the size is different and the colors are different.

this fraktur professionally framed also features two commenmorative Pennsylvania toleware folk art stamps,
framed collectible is making a second time around in very beautiful condition.

Please do take a look at the Francis Portzline fraktur at the Philadelphia museum of art.

Incription inside of this framed art reads:
{birth & baptismal certificate of Benjamin Portzline c. 1838. ink with pigments on paper by Francis Portzline ( American Pennsylvania German) active 1838-59. gift of J. Stodell