Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 3rd October 2024
Lot 516
AN EARLY GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Estimate £150 - £200 | Hammer £252
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Description
AN EARLY GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
BY JUDITH BUCKHURST, DATED 1761
worked in colours with alphabets and numerals above a proverb and the inscription 'Judith Buckhurst Havant 1761', a dog, deer, insects and flowers, a country house flanked by a pair of trees and owls, inside a meandering floral border, in a later glazed gilt frame
30.5 x 19cm
Provenance
Purchased from Mac Humble Antiques, 11 Queen Street, Bath, 25th November 1983 for £355.
Glen House, Bruton.