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Lot 339

Lititz, Pennsylvania silk needlework sampler

Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000
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Lititz, Pennsylvania silk on silk needlework sampler, inscribed Elizabeth Bartruff, Sept. 11th, 1812 - The Anchor and Hope, with a woman leaning on an anchor on a hillside overlooking a harbor, with capsized sail ship and life boat being rowed away, all surrounded by a floral wreath, inscribed verso Mrs. Mary L. Miksch, Lititz PA, 15" x 17 1/4". Pictured in The Ornamental Branches, Needlework and Arts from the Lititz Moravian Girls' School Between 1800 and 1865, by Patricia T. Herr, page 21, plate V. Provenance: Purchased from Sheila Rideout; Lancaster Antiques Show; Mrs. Mary Misksch collection, Lititz.

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Condition

Some loss to row of discs surrounding image, stains to bottom corners and small stains in background.

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