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Lot 339
Sale 3211 - Collector's Sale
Feb 7, 2018
5:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$1,000 -
1,500
Price Realized
$550
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Four needlework samplers mid-atlantic region, 19th century
The first, worked by "Rhoda Prior, Aged 8 years," with spot devices of potted plants, trees and columns enclosing pious verse; the second, bearing inscription, "Judith Moore worked this in the 8th year," with Adam and Eve flanking apple tree, various spot devices; the third, worked by "Sarah Anne Williamson, 1832" with floral vine border, spot devices and verse; and the fourth, inscribed, "E Huggins" within reserve enclosed by alphabet, numbers, potted flowers, butterflies and strawberry vine, all four worked with polychrome silk threads on linen ground, unframed.
11 1/4 in. x 16 1/2 in.; 16 1/4 in. x 16 1/2 in.; 16 7/8 in. x 16 1/4 in.; and 8 3/4 in. x 9 in.