Sold for:
$504
$504
Needlework Sampler, "Emily Tinkers Sampler/Wrought August the 19th 1833/Born November 28th AD 1822/aged 11 years," Maine, wrought with silk threads on a linen ground with rows of alphabets over a verse and two baskets of flowers, (toning, fading, repair, minor fraying), 15 1/4 x 17 in. (sight). Note: Emily Tinker was born in Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine, the second child of ten born to Joseph and Abigail (Jordan) Tinker. She married Oliver G. Guppy (b. 1819, Wolfboro, New Hampshire) on September 22, 1844, in East Boston, Massachusetts. minor fraying u.l. corner, repair 1 in. dia. area at center.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-03-04
