Lot 292

TWO NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS
19TH CENTURY





Fine Furniture and Works of Art
Auction: 5 July 2017 at 11:00 BST
£450
Description
the first by Jane Kerr, 1838, with five alphabets, a number series, berries, and a house and dog and flowering trees, in a key border, framed, 44.5cm x 32cm; the second by Janet Kerr, with three alphabets, two number series, family names above a church and house, against of field with lions, birds, horse, baskets, initials and figures, and motto 'THAT AWFUL/ MOVE WILL SOON/ APPEAR SWIFT O/N THE WINGS OF/ TIME IT FLIES/ WHEN ALL THA/T PAINS OR PLEAS/ES HERE WILL VA/NISH FROM OUR C/LOSING EYES', framed 43.5cm x 44cm (2)
Footnote
Provenance:
Estate of the late Rachel Teggart




