This bookplate is executed with the cut-work technique, scherenschnitte, which was particularly popular in Lancaster and Berks Counties. Although the identity of the artist is unknown, the bookplate was most likely executed by a schoolmaster artist for presentation to his student. The coloration and delicacy of the work also suggests a palette and technique favored by the Ephrata Community, where fraktur often took the form of bookplates as well as decorative manuscripts and printed hymnals.
