Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 646
A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £150
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Description
A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
BY MARY JARVIS, DATED '1793'
worked with coloured silk floss on a linen ground, with a verse by Reverend John Gambold (1711-1771), titled 'Upon listning to the vibration of a clock', with a ribbon tied crewel flower border, signed and dated '1793 Mary Jarvis Stourbridge 25th March', in a later glazed ebonised frame
38.7 x 27.5cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.191 for a discussion on this sampler.
Catalogue Note
Reverend John Gambold (1711-1771) was bishop of the United Brethren church.