Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 3rd April 2019
Lot 74
A Queen Anne needlework picture by Rebecca Grant
Estimate £1,500 - £2,500 | Hammer £4000
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Description
A Queen Anne needlework picture by Rebecca Grant, worked with coloured silks on an ivory silk ground with various stitches and raised stumpwork, depicting Ceres or Plenty standing on a foliage decorated rug, above a mermaid with a sailing ship before mountains and cacti, flanked by a parrot in a tree, a snail, a castle, a recumbent lion and a stag, with insects and an angel, signed and dated 'Rebecca Grant 1709', 25.8 x 38.8cm, in a later glazed gilt frame.
Provenance:
Purchased by the current vendor from Mallett.
The Property of a Gentleman.