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2023 Summer Fine Art & Antiques (Day 2)

Sun, Jul 9, 2023 01:00PM EDT
Lot 985

3 New England Signed Samplers, incl. Fayetteville Coldsmith 1832 & Heyst 1836

Estimate: $400 - $450

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Three (3) New England signed samplers.1st item: Rosanna Coldsmith (1821-1877) Fayetteville, Pennsylvania 1832 needlework sampler, silk on linen, featuring rows of alphabets and numbers over signature; title, "Sampler"; location and date; and family members' initials "CC MC RC", including her father Conrad Coldsmith (1782-1847) and her mother Mary C. Coldsmith (1781-1858), having flowers to lower portion and surrounded by a strawberry or flowering vine border. Housed under glass in an ebonized wooden frame. Sight: 15 7/8" H x 16 5/8" W. Framed: 18 7/8" H x 19 5/8" W. Note: The birth and death dates for Rosanna, Conrad, and Mary Coldsmith along with their burial location are recorded in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S. Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014. 2nd item: Maria Heyst (Heist) (c.1823-1897) Fayetteville, Pennsylvania 1836 needlework sampler, silk on linen, featuring rows of alphabets and numbers over signature; title, "Sampler"; location; and date, surrounded by flowering vine border. Housed under glass in a wooden frame. Sight: 19 1/2" H x 7 3/8" W. Framed: 21 7/8" H x 9 3/4" W. Note: The birth and death dates for Maria Heist along with her burial location and cause of death (dropsy) are recorded in the Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013. 3rd item: Leonora Arminda Tupper needlework sampler, silk on linen, featuring rows of alphabets and numbers over "Leonora Arminda Tupper wrought this in the 11th year of her age" above poem reading "How pleasant it is at the end of the day / No follies to have to repent / But reflect on the past and be able to say / That my time has been properly spent" and an image of a farmhouse with a tree. Housed under glass in a wooden frame. Sampler: 16 1/2" H x 15 5/8" W. Sight: 17" H x 15 7/8" W. Framed: 19 1/8" H x 18" W. Note: A Leanora A. Tupper is listed in the Ohio, U.S. County Marriage Records, 1774-1993 as marrying Marvin Teachout in Cuyahoga, Ohio on August 4th, 1845.

Condition

Not examined outside of frames. 1st item: Three minor areas of repair to ground, largest measuring 3/4" x 5/8". 2nd item: Minor area of repair to ground measuring 1 1/8" x 1/4". 3rd item: Overall very good condition. Frame with scattered wear and minor losses to corner.

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