Lot 172C: 19th C. Needlework Sampler

Estimate: $300 – $500

Probably South Shore, MA, with embroidery decoration below alphabet in a circular house with trees and pond with wild fowl, phrase underneath “Wrought by Lucy Clapp aged 8 yrs 1816” underneath “Betsy Bates” (probably her teacher), exhibited at the Morris Museum, NJ Collector Series, April-June 1991, The Fertig Folk Art Collection, 16 3/4″ x 11 1/2″ (sight), (ex. Fertig collection).