Needlework Sampler "Mary Norton,"

Description:

Needlework Sampler "Mary Norton," c. 1818, worked in silk threads on a linen background, alphabet above a "Mary Norton her/work Wrought in the/14th year of her/age and finished on the 2d/of July 1818" with verse above a large potted flower, house, and image of a girl and cat, bordered with strawberry vine, in a modern figured maple frame, (fading),ht. 18, wd. 14 in.
Estimate $2,500-3,500


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