19TH C. AMERICAN MOURNING SAMPLER

DEPICTS TWO GRIEVING WOMEN AT GRAVESITE WITH WEEPING WILLOW TREE IN BACKGROUND. LISTS FIVE WILSHAW'S AND THEIR BIRTH DATES. FRAMED UNDER GLASS Dimensions 12 1/2" X 13 1/2" SIGHT VIEW. TOTAL SIZE 17" X

Mary Williams Sampler 1748 and an early 19th C Mourning work titled Innocence. Size: Largest: Framed: 19.5" H x 19.5" W x 1" D; Sight: 16" H x 16" W

The Guard Family 19th century mourning sampler with poem and floral decorations, framed. Measures: 17" x 15 3/4" sight, 18 3/4" x 17 1/4" overall framed.

Tests better than 14K, profusely enameled, with over 40 interlocking links and an enameled centerpiece with a braided hair memorial inset, engraved "Henrietta" on verso, in an associated English box.

Early 19th c. American Sampler E.M. Bell, An Emblem of Innocence. Measures 17" x 13" in a 22 1/2" x 19" frame. Fair condition. Overall light soiling. Damage on right edge.

Fine pair of first quarter 19th century samplers done by Ann Elizabeth Wood and Catherine D Wood. The samplers have been partially stitched together back to back apparently with the intent of making a

19th century American needlework sampler. Sarah Smith Finished 11th Year of her Age in 182...? A house, woman with a staff, a black dog or cat, sheep, animals and birds, and an angel. Framed. Some hol

Worked by Sarah Ann Ellias, dated December 23, 1857, Philadelphia, 20 x 22 1/4 in., in a curly maple frame.

Worked by Clarenda B. Strout, 17 x 11 in., framed

Adam and Eve Flanking the Tree of Life, with the serpent wrapped around the trunk, surrounded by children and flowers, captioned at top "Sophia Van Horne, her work, aged 15, in the year of our Lord, 1

Wool on Linen, initialed "HA" and dated 1849, with vignettes of a snake rising from a basket, two cats fighting, two cats walking away from each other, a cross, a floral wreath and various stems of fl

American mourning needlepoint on silk. Dated 1808. Print reads "To the Memory of my dear deceased Parents James & Mary Gill". Features embroidery of urn on pedestal with trees and headstone. In gilt a

A fine example of a 19th C. American needlework sampler, depicting Dorchester, Massachusetts church and graveyard, cornucopias, and floral motifs. Wrought by Lydia Ann Kelch, 1828. Sight size 16&#8221

Early 19th c. American Schoolgirl Sampler. Alphabet, Numbers, Religious symbols. Initialed under each Chalice. Antique wood frame under glass. Measures 14 1/2"x14 1/2"x3/4". Weight 3 pds. PROVENANCE:

19th C. Framed American School Girl Sampler, wrought by Betsy, 1834. Having a floral border, elaborate upper and lowercase lettering, description, a Federal period house in the lower center and 2 addi

Mid 19th C. American alpha-numerical sampler dated 1848, wrought by Laura Marble, age 12 years. Featuring willow tree, dog, and building decoration, border with intertwined fruit and vine motif. 16.25

Crewel work and watercolor landscape on silk, mourning scene, with inscription, “In memory of Rebecca Frothingham died Sept 5 1797, and of Mr. Thomas Forthingham, died Aug 29, 1817” with v

4 Samplers, American 19th c.

19TH-C. SUSANNA WEAVER AMERICAN FOLK ART SAMPLER: Folk art needlepoint sampler showcasing 7-line pious verse among flowers & birds within floral vine border. Reads "Susanna Weaver done this work in th

Two American samplers. 1st item: Sampler made by Hannah Higgins (b. circa 1826), silk on linen, rendered entirely in blue cross stitch with four lines of alphabet and numbers above poem, "Jehovah Jesu

19th Century American Folk Art School Girl Sampler Dated 1835 by Susan Lavinia Vail Finely Executed Needlework Alphabet and Numerics in Partially Gilded Frame Dimensions Approx: Frame 20.5"H x 21.5"L

2 American 19th c. Samplers, larger with multiple alphabets, illegible verse, Martha M. Pendleton, Lynchburg 1812 (24"h x 18 1/2"w) overall AND smaller Sampler illegible with birds & butterflies and f

Alphabet and needlework designs. 20 x 14 largest, 8 x 13 smallest. (Two with holes and stains) fair, one excellent.

Various needlework designs, one pictorial dated 1876. 16 x 23 and 16 x 27 inches. Good.