Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 717
AN EARLY VICTORIAN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £200
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Description
AN EARLY VICTORIAN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
BY MARY HUNT
worked with coloured wool on a coarse ground, with a virtuous verse titled 'Wisdom', with the Tree of Life flanked by two pairs of birds, signed and dated 'Mary Hunt Her Work Aged 6 yrs 1847', in a glazed mahogany frame
39.1 x 48.5cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p. 204 for a discussion on this sampler.