$3,360
Needlework Family Register, executed by Elizabeth Wilder (1811-1873), Lancaster, Massachusetts, c. 1822, stitched with silk threads on a linen ground depicting the vital statistics of Sawyer Wilder (1779-1837), Hannah Bailey (1777-1846), and their seven children, under an arch inscribed "Family Register" over a spreadwing eagle, American shield, and "Elizabeth Wilder" in large letters, flanked by columns on plinths encircled with flowering vines, one plinth set with a cornucopia, two birds, and a heart, under the plinths are little scenes with a bird in a landscape, the top, bottom, and sides further embellished with large blossoms, flowering vines, and sawtooth borders, (minor toning and fading), 21 x 17 in. (sight), in a period molded giltwood frame. Note: The Wilder name is among some of the earliest of those who settled in Worcester County in the town of Lancaster, Massachusetts. Four generations are listed in the early records beginning in 1673, until Sawyer Wilder married Hannah Bailey on January 1, 1804, and began the fifth generation of the family in Lancaster. Elizabeth, their fourth child, stitched this sampler. She married Luther Allen May who was born on January 8, 1808, in Sterling, Massachusetts, a town which split from Lancaster in 1781. It is not known if they had any children.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-03-03
