THREE SCOTTISH BAND SAMPLERS
18TH CENTURY
£819
Auction: Day One: 16 November 2022 | From 10:00
Description
worked in cotton or silk on linen, the first with alphabets, initials, patterns, birds, and baskets, with motto 'To youth the tenderst [sic] Regards is Due', signed 'Merry Rob. aged 7. October.30.1781', framed; the next with alphabet and number series, crowned initials, and motto 'A GOOD NAME IS RAT/HER TO CHOSEN THEN GREAT RICHES' and dated 1750, framed; the last worked by Elisabeth Graham with alphabet and number series, initials, and coronets, framed
Dimensions
53.5 x 19.8cm; 37 x 17.5cm; and 24 x 21cm excluding frames