Lot 10
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A sampler by Elizabeth Dumbrell 1838, worked with alphabets and numerals and with a pious verse O! let me, on the bed of death, bound in pink ribbon--14 x 13in. (35.5 x 33cm.), framed and glazed; a miniature sampler worked in black silks with two verses What's the blooming tincture of the skin? and May every Virture that adorn's the female kind.. in very small letters with colourful birds and flowers below--5.25in. (13.5cm.) square, framed and glazed, with a note on the reverse giving details of the woman who worked the sampler; and another miniature sampler, unfinished, Tell Me Ye Knowing and Discerning Few.., by Jane Roche for her friend Eliza Miller--3.5 x 4in. (9 x 10cm.), framed and glazed
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A sampler by Elizabeth Dumbrell 1838, worked with alphabets and numerals and with a pious verse O! let me, on the bed of death, bound in pink ribbon--14 x 13in. (35.5 x 33cm.), framed and glazed; a miniature sampler worked in black silks with two verses What's the blooming tincture of the skin? and May every Virture that adorn's the female kind.. in very small letters with colourful birds and flowers below--5.25in. (13.5cm.) square, framed and glazed, with a note on the reverse giving details of the woman who worked the sampler; and another miniature sampler, unfinished, Tell Me Ye Knowing and Discerning Few.., by Jane Roche for her friend Eliza Miller--3.5 x 4in. (9 x 10cm.), framed and glazed

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A sampler by Elizabeth Dumbrell 1838, worked with alphabets and numerals and with a pious verse O! let me, on the bed of death, bound in pink ribbon--14 x 13in. (35.5 x 33cm.), framed and glazed; a miniature sampler worked in black silks with two verses What's the blooming tincture of the skin? and May every Virture that adorn's the female kind.. in very small letters with colourful birds and flowers below--5.25in. (13.5cm.) square, framed and glazed, with a note on the reverse giving details of the woman who worked the sampler; and another miniature sampler, unfinished, Tell Me Ye Knowing and Discerning Few.., by Jane Roche for her friend Eliza Miller--3.5 x 4in. (9 x 10cm.), framed and glazed
See Front Cover for Illustration of Second Sampler (3)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

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