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Click here to subscribeGeorge 111 small alphabet sampler, embroidered in five coloured silks on coarse linen ground, the field divided into six horizontal rows containing the alphabet in upper case, numbers from 1 to 13, two crowns and a diamond spot motifs, with woven signature and date: 'GRACE NAYLOR/1798' all within a pink single line border, 5in. x 8 1/4 in 13cm. x 20.5cm. And a miniature alphabet pin-cushion sampler, worked in gold coloured silk on linen ground divided into four horizontal rows with the alphabet and numbers 1 to 8 within a 'chain-link border, English about 1800, 1 1/2 in. x 2in. 3.25cm. x 5cm. Used as the front of a pin-cushion with contemporary silk damask back. Insect loss to ground of front in several places. (2)
A GEORGE III NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER by "Ann Cort Aged 11 Greysouthen 1801", having a meandering frieze of flowering plants above alphabetical and numerical samples, initials AC and date 1801, further alphabetical samples and family initials, a verse ("See each Moment swiftly flies....."), crowns and coronets and a three-coloured zig-zag frieze, 41.5cm x 26cm, (16.3in x 10.2in), framed under glass
A GOOD AND UNUSUAL EARLY VICTORIAN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER by "Mary Watson, Deanscale [near Cockermouth] 1847", worked with a tiger between trees and rosebushes, above a verse "If I am right thy grace impart.....", birds flying in formation over a church and cottage, between further plants and trees, all above further plants, birds and an urn issuing flowers, with a leaf-and-berry border, 55cm x 56cm, (21.6in x 22in), in later frame under non-relfective glass (minor damage)