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Lot 91 : POLLY SPRAGUE'S MASSACHUSETTS NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, 1798

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POLLY SPRAGUE'S MASSACHUSETTS NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, 1798
Polly Sprague's Sampler aged 15 Petersham May Tenth 1798
with alphabets, numbers, and birds in trees, cross-stitch border, 6.5" by 8.5"
mounted, framed under glass (mended tear below stain on l.r.)
This sampler mentioned in
American Samplers, Ethel Bolton and Eva Coe, Scribner, 1973, pg.76. Book will be sold with sampler.
Realized: $400 - Excluding Buyer's Premium


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