SOLD 1858 Pennsylvania German Quilting Template Cut from German Language Newspaper pottery planter Framed: 14 1/2" x 12

Framed: 14 1/2" x 12 1/2"

nearly black color adding interest to the lid

Overall: 16 3/8" x 9 1/8" x 4 5/8"

and an unused postcard to boot

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SOLD 1858 Pennsylvania German Quilting Template Cut from German Language Newspaper pottery planter Framed: 14 1/2" x 12I was excited to find this, and two more listed today, folded up together in a sleeve in Maine this week; I recognized them immediately as old quilting templates, but didn't take the time to open them up in the shop. When I got home I was surprised, and delighted, to find that they are quite early ones the other two cut from the Pennsylvania "Dollar Weekly" and this one, from a newspaper printed in German, dated 1858. Pure Pennsylvania German (if only