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Lot 322

Sale 6520 - Collect: Americana
Jan 28, 2026 10:00AM ET
Online / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$700 - 900
Price Realized
$512
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A Needlework Sampler and a Needlepoint Picture of a Hound
The Sampler by Sarah Mortlock, Dated, "1784", the Needlepoint Signed, "E.L. Robson", Dated, "1856"

the first, a needlework sampler, worked with polychrome silk threads on a cotton ground, with the alphabet over pious verse, above panel depicting a floral basket flanked by birds on trees, inscribed and dated, "Sarah Mortlock Wrought this in the 10 yr of her Age 1784", framed; the second, a needlepoint picture depicting a hound, signed and dated, "E.L. Robsons Work Yr 1856", framed.

12 x 12 inches (sampler, sight), 15 3/4 x 16 inches (sampler, frame), 8 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches (needlepoint, sight), 13 3/4 x 16 inches (needlepoint, frame).

Property of a Southampton & Palm Beach Collector

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