Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 1 - 9th November 2021
Lot 353
A RARE WILLIAM IV NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER BY A BOY
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £750
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Description
A RARE WILLIAM IV NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER BY A BOY
BY HARTLEY JACKSON STEPHENSON
worked with coloured silks on a linen ground, with a large mastiff and a stag, with birds, urns of flowers and a basket of fruit, with a part alphabet, signed and dated 'Hartley Jackson Stephenson 1833 Aged 11 years', in a glazed bird's eye maple frame
42.5 x 32cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Catalogue Note
Hartley Stephenson (1822-1883) of Sigglesthorne, Yorkshire. He is recorded as a master tailor in the census of 1851.