Set of three Gothic calligraphy plates with black, red, and green alphabets, featuring ancient Gothic script, a Dürer-inspired model, and an Italian church script. Their angular letters and color contrasts make them a beautiful document for a graphic designer, calligrapher, sign painter, or lover of vintage typography. They come from the Schriften-Schatz, a collection of alphabet and script models published around 1890 in Ravensburg by Otto Maier, under the direction of Albert Schiller.
✦ Period: circa 1890 ✦ Origin: Germany, Albert Schiller’s Schriften-Schatz ✦ Dimensions: approximately 30.5 x 20 cm each ✦ Material: lithographs on heavy paper ✦ Condition: used condition; yellowed paper, foxing, creases, stains, and tears or losses on the edges visible in the photos, particularly on two plates
An authentic lot of late 19th-century lettering plates, ideal for typographic inspiration, framing, or decorating a creative studio.
