AMER WINTER 2016
The live portion of this session begins on Wednesday, February 3, 2016.
NEEDLEWORK SCHOOLGIRL SAMPLER BY MEAH BOTTERILL, 1827, BROMPTON SCHOOL.The English or American sampler having a large stag deer in laying positioning surrounded by trees, flowers, potted flowers, bird in tree, and other pictures. Above which are two alpha-numeric rows under which there is eight-lines of text as follows: "Jesus permit thy gracious name to stand/at the first ephod of an infants hand/and while her fingers o'er this canvas move/engage her tender heart to feel thy love/with thy dear children let her have a part/and write thy name myself upon her heart/Meah Botterill finished this work June 8, 1827/Aged 9 years and 2 months/Brompton School". Housed in a period antique wood frame with gold liner. SIZE: Sight" 18-1/2" x 16-1/2". Overall: 21-1/2" x 19-1/2". PROVENANCE: The Estates of Faye G. Montell & Hayden Goldberg of Brooklyn, NY & Gardiner, ME. CONDITION: Very good with some age toning. 49830-37 WAG (800-1,200)