An English Needlework Sampler
Worked by Mary Stone, Dated, "1739"
worked with silk threads on a wool ground, with alphabet, over the Lord's Prayer flanked by floral bouquets, over alphabet and pious verse, inscribed and dated at bottom, "Mary Stone Her Work Finished 1739", framed.
12 x 10 3/8 inches (sight), 14 1/2 x 12 7/8 inches (frame).
Property from the Collection of Robert and Roseann Drucker, Wilmette, IL
This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Provenance:
Witney Antiques, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (label on reverse).