£130
A George III oval Linen sampler, Christian Shittler, May 21 1819, worked with a bird on a bough, bees and flowers framing a verse in trailing floral border, 33 x 29cm, verre eglomise mount
Christian Shittler was born at Ashe, Dorset in 1808 and died Alderberry, Wiltshire in April 1886. She married in 1835 at Charlbury, Dorset, Silus Taunton (b1799-) with whom she had at least seven children
Moth holed in various places, typical slight fading and somewhat stained, no colour run, black on glass affected by damp, in later gold painted frame
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