Schoolgirl needlework sampler by Caroline Very Blackiston of Indiana, dated 1850, executed in silk cross stitch and eyelet stitch on linen. Strawberry border with pictorial items at each corner including a book and lyre or harp, enclosing four alphabets and one row of numbers, over a signature, "Caroline M. Very 18 years in the Year […]
Lot 985: 3 New England Signed Samplers, incl. Fayetteville Coldsmith 1832 & Heyst 1836
Three (3) New England signed samplers.1st item: Rosanna Coldsmith (1821-1877) Fayetteville, Pennsylvania 1832 needlework sampler, silk on linen, featuring rows of alphabets and numbers over signature; title, "Sampler"; location and date; and family members' initials "CC MC RC", including her father Conrad Coldsmith (1782-1847) and her mother Mary C. Coldsmith (1781-1858), having flowers to lower […]
Lot 986: 19th C Fayetteville, NY Sampler and American Sampler, Total 2
Two American samplers. 1st item: Sampler made by Hannah Higgins (b. circa 1826), silk on linen, rendered entirely in blue cross stitch with four lines of alphabet and numbers above poem, "Jehovah Jesus condescend to bless/[th]e early, with thy love and righteousness,/And daily, teach me how to praise, and pray,/For God regards, what little children […]
Lot 941: 1813 Pennsylvania Needlework Sampler with Verse, by Sarah Roberts
Pennsylvania needlework pictorial sampler made by Sarah Roberts (b. circa 1795), silk on linen. Geometric and foliate borders enclosing two birds facing one another, surrounded by flowering urns and other floral motifs, above a traditional sampler poem reading: "This work perhaps my friends may have/ When I an in my silent grave/ And which when […]
Lot 213: 2 Southern Samplers Incl. Kentucky 1811, Jane McLane & Virginia 1810, Lucy Wills
1st item: Early Germantown, Kentucky needlework sampler, silk on linen, rendered entirely in cross stitch, with seven lines of alphabet in tan, black and blue cross stitch, over a signature, "Jane McClane – Her Sempler (sic) Rouct (sic) In The Year 18011 (sic) And In The 8 Year Of Her Age". A line of numbers […]
Lot 212: East Tennessee Needlework Sampler c. 1837 by Mary E. Amos
East Tennessee, possibly Knox County, needlework sampler made by Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Amos, circa 1837. The silk on linen sampler, rendered entirely in cross stitch, features rows of alphabets and numbers over a central urn pictorial emblazoned with the stitcher's signature, and surrounded by trees, plants, baskets of fruit and flowers, a bird and a […]
Lot 507: 3 18th C. European Samplers incl. Signed
1st item: Band sampler, likely British, appears to be wool on linen, featuring alphabets in various stitches interspersed with bands of geometric patterns and dated 1748 on 4th line. Float mounted in a woodgrain frame. Sight: 16 1/2" H x 8" W. Framed: 23" H x 15" W. 2nd item: Band/Family Register sampler dated 1765, […]
Lot 506: 3 Scottish & American Needlework Samplers, Signed
1st item: Scottish sampler, wool on linen, having a guilloche pattern border surrounding rows of alphabet and numbers separated by geometric bands. Signed and dated with location "Helena L. Shaw/Aug Sanquhar 1873" at the bottom. Float mounted on a green fabric backing and housed under glass in a carved, stained wooden frame. Sampler: 18 7/8" […]
Lot 505: Massachusetts Sampler by Emily Sparhawk (Perry), Early 19th C.
Massachusetts School Girl Sampler made by Emily Sparhawk (Perry) (1813-1894), silk on linen, having rows of alphabet letters, numerals, and other decorative images above a poem reading "Religion should our thought engage/Amidst the youthful bloom/Twill fit…for declining age/And for the silent tomb" with images of birds, above images of three houses flanked by willow trees, […]
Lot 263: Bourbon Co. KY House Sampler c.1815
Bourbon County, Kentucky House Sampler attributed to Martha "Patsy" Hook, c. 1815. Silk on linen sampler featuring a strawberry border enclosing three alphabets, a basket of flowers, and a verse surrounded by bird and flowering vine motif, reading, "Teach me to feel another's woe/ To hide the fault I see/ That mercy I to others […]
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