Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 3rd July 2024

Lot 209

A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £2520

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Description

A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER

BY ELIZABETH MARSHALL, DATED '1770'

worked in colours with a lion passant guardant flanked by two armorial shields above lines of alphabets and numerals, a stag and two other deers on hillocks between trees, in a later frame and glazed

32.7 x 23.7cm

Catalogue Note

The right hand shield is possibly for the Hatfield family of Twickenham.