Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál & Elizabeth Feller - Day 2 - 10th November 2021
Lot 792
A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK QUAKER SCHOOL SAMPLER
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1200
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Description
A GEORGE IV NEEDLEWORK QUAKER SCHOOL SAMPLER
BY NANCY STEAD
worked with Ackworth style medallions with flowers and geometric designs, two inscribed 'A gift for my friend' and 'A token of love', signed and dated 'Nancy Stead Wigton School 1822', in a later glazed ebonised frame
42.5 x 41.5cm
Provenance
Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.
Catalogue Note
Wigton is in Cumbria, the school was opened by the Society of Friends in 1815, initially with nine boys and eight girlsm the buildings were leased at an annual rent of 27 guineas.