Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 730
A LATE VICTORIAN BRISTOL ORPHANAGE NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £800
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Description
A LATE VICTORIAN BRISTOL ORPHANAGE NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
ANONYMOUS, C.1880
worked in typical red cotton cross-stitch on a linen ground, with alphabets and numerals, in various fonts, with five sets of initials at the end of one alphabet line 'EV.AV.ALS.FMB.HS', with leaf, flower and grapevine patterns, crowns, anchors, a ship, a house and the Bible, and an inscription 'The tidings of salvation dear comes to our ears from hence', with a forget-me-not and gillyflower signature cartouche, with initials 'AW.', in a later glazed ebonised frame
38.4 x 29.2cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Literature
The Feller Needlework Collection: 2, p.78 for a discussion of this sampler.