Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 286
A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £600
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Description
A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
BY SARAH WEDGWOOD
worked with green and red silk on a linen ground, with alphabets, numerals and a poem 'On the dormant Rose', with birds, flowers and crowns, signed and dated 'Sarah Wedgwood 1776', in a glazed ebonised and gilt frame, the back with a handwritten family tree stating that Sarah Wedgwood was the third child of John Wedgwood and Mary Alsop, also with a carver gilder label for 'Jeremiah & Wm Freeman'
30.4 x 20.4cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.