£3,000
A ENGLISH LINEN SAMPLER, 1768 worked in well preserved silks with central inscription and motifs including a prominent passion flower, tendrils, two flower filled cornucopiae and a basket flanked by four sheep on a hillock, a band to the centre of tree and stag motifs with the name tablet Mary Newman Aged 10 years 1768, 43 x 35cm, framed
Cood condition with relatively slight fading, several pulled threads and tiny moth hole extreme left centre margin, no other moth holes observed, no evidence of colour run
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