Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 589
λ AN EARLY VICTORIAN NEEDLEWORK ANTI SLAVE-TRADE POT-HOLDER
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £350
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Description
λ AN EARLY VICTORIAN NEEDLEWORK ANTI SLAVE-TRADE POT-HOLDER
ANONYMOUS, PROBABLY AMERICAN
worked in cross stitch with a pair of black figures dancing, inscribed 'Any holder but a Slaveholder', in a glazed rosewood frame
15 x 19cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.170 for a discussion of this sampler.