- Framed Old Testament Biblical Needlework Picture, “Worked
by Eunice Moseley 1809 Aged 16,” the maker’s name, date, and
bible verse from which the picture is taken is identified in eglomise
inscriptions on the fore-mat and inscriptions on the backing paper;
worked in silk, metallic, and chenille threads on a silk ground with
painted background and faces, depicting a biblical verse from 1
Samuel, Chapter 25, sight size 16 x 18 in., in likely original molded
giltwood frame with eglomise mat.
Note: Eunice Moseley was born October 8, 1793, in Wethersfield,
Connecticut, to Dr. Abner and Eunice (Wells) Moseley. She became the
second wife of Winthrop Buck (b. December 9, 1784), the son of Daniel
and Sarah (Saltonstall) Buck. Winthrop was a farmer in Wethersfield all
his life. Together they had eight children.
The scene portrays Abigail, wife of Nabal, who rode out on a donkey
with an abundance of food and wine for King David, to appease his
anger toward her husband. Later, after Abigail’s husband died, she
became David’s wife.
$600-800
- Needlework Sampler, Rebekah Nickerson, Provincetown,
Massachusetts, late 18th/early 19th century, wrought with silk threads
on a linen ground, stitched with an alphabet and the verses: “Rebekah
Nickerson is my name/English is my Nation/Provincetown is my
Dwelling Place/and Christ is My Salvation. When I am Dead and in My
Grave and All My Bones Are Rotten/When This You See Remember
Me/Let Me Not be Forgotten/This Work Throughout My Needle
Wrought,” (toning, minor stains), 9 1/2 x 10 in.
$400-600
221.
Small Needlework Sampler, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, late 18th
century, silk threads stitched on a linen ground with two bands of
geometric flowers and bird motifs over an alphabet and the verse “New
England is my Dwelling Place/Rehoboth is my Station/God Almighty Did
Me Fraim/But Christ is My Salvation,” (toning, scattered thin spots to
ground, fading, minor stitch loss), 8 1/2 x 7 3/4 in., in a contemporary
wood frame.
$400-600222.
Needlework Sampler, “Elizabeth R. Trull’s Sampler wrought in the
13th year of her age,” dated 1828, executed in silk threads on a linen
ground, with rows of alphabets over a pious verse flanked by panels
stitched with trees and flowers, (toning), 16 1/2 x 17 1/2 in., in a later
frame.Note: A note affixed to back reads, “Sampler made by Elizabeth
Remington Trull/grandmother of Florence Clark Bud-(she married
John Clark on Nov. 28-1835.” Elizabeth Trull was born on August 21,
1815 in Tewksbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She was the
daughter of Jesse and Olive (Thorndike) Trull. Elizabeth married John
Clark (b. September 22, 1796), on November 28, 1835 or 1839. They
had at least two daughters and two sons.
$600-80060 additional information and photos at http://www.skinnerinc.com