Sold for:
$3,081
$3,081
Needlework Sampler, "Susan Mellin Born June The 22 in The Year of our Lord 1809 Portsmouth New hamPshire," worked in silk threads on a linen ground with rows of alphabets and assorted borders above a basket of flowers flanked by birds and trees, (toning, fading, minor stains), 21 x 12 in. , in a later molded giltwood frame. Note: A note affixed to the backing paper is inscribed: "This sampler was made by Susan Mellin Whitman who was born in 1809/Grandmother of Alice Whitman Moore (Mrs. Ernest E. Moore)."
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-08-12
