ENGLISH ADAM AND EVE SILK ON LINEN SAMPLEREnglishAdam and Eve silk on linen sampler wrought by Eliza Pontesbury . . . age 9 , dated December 7, 1824 , with alphabet, human figures, butterflies, parrots, and verse, 17 1/2"...
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FRAMED SAMPLER "Wrought by Dolly Wilderin her 12th year, 1809", silk on linen, English, having an octagonel inset frame featuring a floral wreath, landscape with Georgian Manor, oversized bird, alphabet, pink rose...
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An English Needlework Schoolgirl’sSampler
Wrought by Maria Goode, Dated 1846
the text reads: Oh ye young, ye gay / Ye proud. You must Die / and wear the shroud, time will rob / You of your bloom Death will...
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An English Needlework Embroidered Schoolgirl’sSampler
Wrought by Harriot Ivitts, Dated 1824
the text reads: When er the cares of life molest and rob my doubting mind of rest Gods word shall bid the tempest cease and...
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An English Needlework Embroidered Schoolgirl’sAdam and Eve Sampler
Wrought by Elizabeth Oxley (1812-1867), Dated 1823
the text reads: Be this my only study here with holy trembling holy fear to make my calling sure thine...
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An English Needlework Embroidered Schoolgirl’sSampler
Wrought by Emma Burton, Dated 1817
the text reads: For there is not a just man upon earth that doeth good and sinneth not.
13 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches....
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An English Needlework Embroidered Schoolgirl’sSampler
Wrought by Margaret Branch, Dated 1769
the text reads: Virtue's the chiefest Beauty of the Mind / The Noblest ornament of Human Kind: / Virtue's our Safeguard, and...
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An English Needlework Embroidered Schoolgirl’sSampler
Wrought by Mary Stokes, Dated 1816
the text reads: Tis religion that can give sweetest pleasures while we live tis religion must supply solid comforts when we die...
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ENGLISH SAMPLER DATED 1859 WROUGHT BYJEMIMA SHUKER, AGED 11, SHIFFNALL 14 1/4" X 13 1/4" JEMIMA SHUKER, AGED 11, SHIFFNALL, from the Shropshire area, overall designs include the alphabet, verses, birds, trees,...
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ENGLISH ADAM AND EVE SAMPLER WROUGHTBY MARY A BOOKER, AGED 10 YEARS APPROX. 15 1/2" X 11 1/2" BY MARY A BOOKER, AGED 10 YEARS, tree of knowledge with serpent flanked by Adam and Eve, multiple balanced decorative...
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LARGE ENGLISH MOTIF SAMPLER WROUGHTBY ELIZABETH MATHER, 1826 19" X 21 1/2" BY ELIZABETH MATHER, 1826, motifs include urns with flowers, hearts, birds, the names "Jonathan, Elizabeth, and Mary Ann Mather",...
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ENGLISH ADAM AND EVE SAMPLER WROUGHTBY SUSAN MIDGLEY, AGED 11 BY SUSAN MIDGLEY, AGED 11, early 19th Century, reads "May the Lord of his Glory/Protect me from Harm/And guide me and teach me/The way of the Lamb/Susan...
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FINE ENGLISH SILK ON LINEN SAMPLER,DATED 1811English silk on linen sampler, dated 1811 , wrought by Elizabeth Norton, 14"x 12". This is an especially fine sampler with delicate stitching and crisp colors.
Competitive...
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LARGE ENGLISH WOOL ON LINEN SAMPLER,DATED 1802Large English wool on linen sampler, dated 1802 wrought by Anne Coulthard, 25 1/4" x 20 1/2".
Condition:
Sampler date has been changed to 1802 (probably 1862...
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ENGLISH SAMPLER WROUGHT BY CATHARINEDANDISON, 1798 DANDISON, 1798, impressive talent by this skilled stitcher who incorporates embroidery into her cross stitch sampler, "Youth is the Season for Study, Age for...
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ENGLISH SAMPLER WROUGHT BY SARAH ANNBAKER, 1814 BAKER, 1814, precise skill in execution with the alphabet, "In that blest Prayer our Lord did frame/Of all our Prayer the guide/We ask that Hallowed be his name/And...
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LARGE ENGLISH ADAM & EVE SAMPLER, WROUGHTBY ELLEN NELSON DATED 1812 BY ELLEN NELSON DATED 1812, top two lines...."SHE TOOK OF THE FRUIT & DID EAT & GAVE UNTO HER HUSBAND WITH HER DID EAT/ELLEN NELSON SAMPLER AGED...
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ENGLISH CHILD'S SCHOOL ALPHABET SAMPLERWROUGHT BY MARY FRANCES BURDON POTTS WROUGHT BY MARY FRANCES BURDON POTTS, multicolored wool on canvas, in contemporary frame - h:8.50w:11.50in. Provenance: Estate of Rolande...
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ENGLISH SAMPLER, WROUGHT BY R ENGLISHAND DATED JUNE 8, 1828, TOGETHER WITH A SILK EMBROIDERY OF BIRDS AND DATED JUNE 8, 1828, TOGETHER WITH A SILK EMBROIDERY OF BIRDS, figures include flowers, plants, birds,...
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ENGLISH BAND SAMPLER WROUGHT BY JANEDAMON, AGED 13 YEARS, DATED 1801 DAMON, AGED 13 YEARS, DATED 1801, linen ground with silk threads, bands of letters and numbers, "Fear God and Keep his Commandments 1801/Jane...
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ENGLISH SILK ON LINEN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLEREnglishsilk on linen needlework sampler , wrought by Louisa Clark Bourn - born October the 22nd, 1816 - finished this in 1828 , with central schoolhouse, lawn, and trailing vine...
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SCHOOLGIRL SAMPLER WROUGHT BY MARY SHELLEYIN HER14TH YEAR AT SHEEHANS SCHOOL, JULY 17, 1835, POSSIBLY ENGLISH OR IRISH. COLORFUL SCENE DEPICTING THE SCHOOL, HOUSES, ANIMALS, A CROSS AND A PERSON. SIGHT SIZE 25 1/4"...
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An English Needlework Embroidered Schoolgirl'sSampler Wrought by Sarah Ludlam
Circa 1799
identified Sarah Ludlam / 1799.
12 3/8 x 9 3/4 inches.
Parish records document the baptism of a Sarah Ludlam of Crowe, Lincoln...
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An English Needlework Embroidered Schoolgirl'sSampler
Wrought by M.A. Merriam (age 9), Burton Academy, Dated 1838
together with another example showing various design techniques.
Largest: 15 3/4 x 17 1/4 inches....
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An English Needlework Embroidered Schoolgirl’sSampler
Wrought by Ellen Guy, Circa 1820
Frame: 25 7/8 x 25 7/8 inches....
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An English Needlepoint Embroidered Schoolgirl’sSampler
Wrought by Jemima Elizabeth Moule (1790-1878), Dated 1796
the text reads: Jesus permit thy gracious name to stand/ As the first effort of an infants hand/ and as her...
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English silk on linen sampler wroughtby Sarah Willcocks Dec. 12 1834 with potted flowers and animals. 12.5''11.5''...
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TWO SAMPLERS. Probably English silkon wool. One signed ''Mary Smith July 27th 1840/ Aged 11 Years'' with minutely stitched pairs of flowering baskets peacocks and pine trees and pious verse. Closely worked...
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English sampler wrought by Ann BoughtonAge 8 early 19th c. with verse and animals. 12.5''x8.25''...
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Collection of American and British needleworksamplers 19th century consisting of: Rhode Island sampler with manor house inscribed: Christian McNicol sewed this sampler in the 7th year of her age with Janet Held in Johnston-1832...
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Round English sampler wrought by SarahAnna Rogers 1823 with red stitched ABC's and religious verse. 11.5"dia....
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English sampler wrought by Hannah Williams1846 with ABC's and verse. 15.5''x16.5''...
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SAMPLER. American 1811 silk on linen.Ten-year-old Martha Fay worked an inner border of diamonds around sets of alphabets a verse extolling the virtues of education and a pictorial section including a large...
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1804 pictorial and verse sampler, lowerpanel with woman holding fan and walking dog toward a man, tree and windmill, nine-line verse "Margaret Spencer Her Sampler Wrought in the 12th/Year of Her Age March the 12th...
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Three English needlework samplers wrought by martha wood, early 19th century The first two with stylized floral borders enclosing pious verses and flowering urns; together with a companion family register...
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ARTS AND CRAFTS SAMPLER. Eveleen PerkinsAmerican or British Isles 1908 silk on linen. Band sampler with row of bluebirds and one of trees worked in a Craftsman design. Center of floral baskets and what appears...
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