$948
Needlework Memorial Sampler, by Elmira Pollard, Billerica, Massachusetts, c. 1817, worked in silk threads on a linen ground, depicting two weeping willows over a pair of urns, the memorial stitched in memory of Elmira Pollard's grandparents: "...Mr. Edward Pollard who died Sept. 11th AD 1814 aged 82 and Mrs. Abigail Pollard who died Nov. 24th AD 1817 aged 86.," enclosed in a leafy vine, (minor toning and fading), 11 1/2 x 9 1/2 in., in the original molded giltwood frame. Note: Elmira Pollard was born in 1807, the third of five children of William and Arethusa (Manning) Pollard of Billerica, Massachusetts. Elmira never married and remained in Billerica living with her married sister Louisa Pollard Foster, and died October 17, 1871.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-11-07
