Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 5th October 2023

Lot 473

A GEORGE III SCHOOL SAMPLER

Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £150

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Description

A GEORGE III SCHOOL SAMPLER

BY MARY GROVES, DATED '1799'

worked in silk with a four stanza poem above a cartouche inscribed 'Mary Groves, Yetminster School, October 17 1799' inside a meandering floral border, in a glazed Hogarth frame

31.2 x 25.8cm

 

Provenance

From the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.