TWO SCOTTISH NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS LATE 18TH AND EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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silk on linen, one worked by Margret Miller, Strathmiglo, dated 1816, depicting a central building with three pointed roofs, possible the Temple of Solomon with a person at the door, on a field with birds, flowerpots, and a reserve with a thistle and motto 'I HAVE POUER TO DEFEND MYSELF AND OFEND OTHERS [sic]' within a strawberry border, framed; the other by Helen Johnstone, Newbattle School, dated May 23rd 1843, with three alphabets, family initials, a house, and motto 'I love the Sacred book of God/ No other can its place supply/ it points me to the saint's abode/ It gives me wings and bids me fly', within a wide meandering flowering vine border, framed
(33 x 32cm wide; and 43 x 30.5cm excluding frames)
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(33 x 32cm wide; and 43 x 30.5cm excluding frames)
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TWO SCOTTISH NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS LATE 18TH AND EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Estimate ÂŁ300 - ÂŁ500
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