Pennsylvania school girl needlework alphabet sampler, wool on linen, 12 rows of alphabet and numerals divided by various stitches, signed "Mary Elizabeth Dobbs Aged 10 years November 11th 1847 Kittanning" (Kittanning, PA). A figure of a dog and three trees are near the date. Housed in a black wooden frame. Sight – 20 1/4" H […]
Lot 643: 3 English Samplers, 18th/19th Cent.
Three (3) English school girl samplers. 1st-2nd items: Two (2) English school girl samplers, likely students from the same school. Framed in same frame molding. 1st item: Silk on linen alphabet and verse sampler including the verse "O God above to thee I cry Have mercy on me before I die Hear my prayer and […]
Lot 640: Lucy Davis, African Missionary Sampler
Rare African Missionary school girl sampler, Freeport, Sierra Leone, with alphabet and phrase by Lucy Davis, dated January 3, 1843. Silk on wool with vine border, upper right corner with intentional cross-stitch error in black thread, first row of upper case alphabet and four numerals, lower case alphabet, top third with two floral sprays and […]
Lot 641: 1817 Sampler, possibly NJ, Sarah Preston
1817 schoolgirl needlework sampler stitched by Sarah Preston, silk on linen, three alphabets, two tree pictures and verse: "Jesus permit thy gracious name to stand as the first effort of a youth full hand/ and while her fingers on the canvas move engage her tender heart to seek thy love". Signed "Sarah Preston her work […]
Lot 638: Kentucky 1832 House Sampler, Eliza Pearson
Kentucky Needlework Sampler stitched by Eliza Pearson and dated 1832, silk on coarse weave linen in colors of red, navy blue, green, brown/tan and ivory. “Eliza Pearson Aged 9 1832” stitched into 5 rows of alphabets and numbers, each row separated by a band of cross stitch in colorful and decorative motifs, over a verse: […]
Lot 636: Tennessee Pictorial Sampler, 1860
Tennessee pictorial needlework sampler, wool on linen, depicting a hunter on horseback with dog and pheasant at the horse's feet, surrounded by a floral border and other various pictorial motifs including a sailboat, butterfly and bird. Signed in cartouche, "Harriet Higgin's work aged 12 years 1860." Birdseye maple frame. 19 1/4" x 20" sight, 23" […]
Lot 843: Knox County TN Register Sampler & Family Bible, 2 items
Knox County TN Register Sampler and Family Bible, 2 items total. 1st item: Framed Knox County, Tennessee family birth/death register sampler, wrought by Elizabeth Jane Hunter (1821-1897) and dated May 27, 1836. Comprised of natural colored plain weave linen with single ply silk thread executed in cross stitch. The outer edge is decorated with coss-stitched […]
Lot 294: 1824 Needlework Sampler, attrib Kentucky
1824 Needlework sampler att. Kentucky, signed Sarah Shekels and dated 1824. Features 5 alphabets of graduating size, divided by geometric borders in at least 4 varying kinds of stitches, over a verse, "Through an eterney (sic) to thee / a joyful song in verse / for a eternity is too short / to utter all […]
Lot 293: Williamson TN Sampler, Civil War era
Needlework sampler, silk and/or cotton cross stitch on linen, with 3 alphabets and 2 rows of numbers, Signed at bottom Sarah Cotton and dated 1861. Original stained wood frame with replaced backing. 10" x 10". Accompanied by a file of genealogy information on the sitter, Sarah Jane Cotton of Williamson County, Tennessee, born 1853 to […]
Lot 292: Montgomery Co. Tennessee Sampler
Montgomery County, Tennessee needlework sampler, silk on linen, signed Martha E. Edmondson and dated 1828. Sampler features a zigzag border enclosing four rows of alphabets and 1 row of numbers, over a verse, "Folly of Envy / Can you discern another's mind? Why is't you envy? Envy's blind. Tell envy, when she would annoy/ that […]
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