Lot 106: Rare Important Hingham Sampler

Lot 106: Rare Important Hingham Sampler

Large 19th c. Hingham, Mass. needlework sampler, “Executed by Priscilla Lane in Hingham 1816, Aged 11 yrs.”, silk leaf and floral border, with two alphabets, numbers and vowels, and birth records of Josiah and wife Priscilla, with a center entrance colonial home at bottom, with trees and flowering bushes at either side, black painted, groove molded frame, glazed, 27 1/2″ x 21″ (sight). 

Estimate: $1,000-2,000

Description

Large 19th c. Hingham, Mass. needlework sampler, “Executed by Priscilla Lane in Hingham 1816, Aged 11 yrs.”, silk leaf and floral border, with two alphabets, numbers and vowels, and birth records of Josiah and wife Priscilla, with a center entrance colonial home at bottom, with trees and flowering bushes at either side, black painted, groove molded frame, glazed, 27 1/2″ x 21″ (sight). 

Estimate: $1,000-2,000