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Lot 144
Sale 1278 - The Donald F. Moylan, M.D. Collection of American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts, Part I
Nov 3, 2023
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$2,000 -
3,000
Price Realized
$7,560
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Lot Description
A Schoolgirl's Silkwork Embroidered Picture of 'The Emblem of America,' Wrought by Elisabeth Miltimore
Newburyport, Massachusetts, Circa 1809
silk threads and watercolor on silk ground.
with allegorical figure of Liberty beside George Washington's tomb.
12 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches.
Census records confirm that an Elisabeth Miltimore was born in New Hampshire around 1793. By 1850, she is recorded as living in Essex County, Massachusetts, with her brother and his family. She died in Newburyport in 1866.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.