AN EARLY GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

AN EARLY GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

BY JUDITH BUCKHURST, DATED 1761

worked in colours with alphabets and numerals above a proverb and the inscription 'Judith Buckhurst Havant 1761', a dog, deer, insects and flowers, a country house flanked by a pair of trees and owls, inside a meandering floral border, in a later glazed gilt frame

30.5 x 19cm

Provenance

Purchased from Mac Humble Antiques, 11 Queen Street, Bath, 25th November 1983 for £355.

Glen House, Bruton.