The Collected Home: Including Art from the Collection of Stanley B. Slocum

Sale 1169

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Lot 208

An American Needlework Alphabet and Verse Sampler Wrought by Minerva Scott

Lot 208

An American Needlework Alphabet and Verse Sampler Wrought by Minerva Scott

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $300 - $500

Estimate$300 – $500

Status

Closed

An American Needlework Alphabet and Verse Sampler Wrought by Minerva Scott

Utica, New York, Circa 1830, with later additions

edged circa 1870 with lace identified by manuscript notes as having been worn by Mary L. Scott 1850, lace identified to a grandmother's cap circa 1825, and lace identified to the half-handkerchief of an ancestor circa 1770.
with square of cotton cloth purportedly bought during the War of 1812. Price at that time one Dollar per yard affixed to lower edge.
Sampler 19 1/2 x 19 1/4 inches; overall 23 3/4 x 23 inches.

together with two cast iron wall-mounted coffee grinders by J. & E. Parker, one bearing oval Union Mill patent plate dated 1855; the other with circular eagle motif patent plate dated 1860.

also with a tied beiderwand jacquard wool and cotton weaver's sample by Gabriel Rausher, Delaware County, Ohio, circa 1861 signed in corner block.

Property from the Inventory of James C. Frasca

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

Framed: 24 3/4 x 25 inches.

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Sam Cowan is the Associate Vice President, Head of Sale, Interiors
Interiors by Freeman's.

Sam has spent his life in the auction industry, accompanying his father, Wes Cowan to auctions, trade shows and eventually to his own eponymous auction house, in the mid-1990s. He joined his father’s auction house, Cowan’s, full-time in 2012 in the Arms and Armor department and as a fine and decorative arts specialist, a department where he would ultimately become director. Sam has an interest in 20th century design, pottery, early advertising, historic Americana and antique firearms. He is a licensed auctioneer in three states and is a featured appraiser on The Antiques Roadshow.

The Collected Home: Including Art from the Collection of Stanley B. Slocum

An American Needlework Alphabet and Verse Sampler Wrought by Minerva Scott

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