Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 207
A WILLIAM IV NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £550
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Description
A WILLIAM IV NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
BY MARY ANN SILVESTER
worked with bunches of grapes flanking a virtuous verse titled 'Jesus', with a holly branch above a young girl, carrying a basket of flowers, watering her roses in a garden setting, signed and dated 'Mary Ann Silvester Aged 12 years 1837', in a glazed ebonised and gilt frame
42 x 33cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.158 for a discussion of this sampler.