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Premier Auction - Session II

Sat, Sep 11, 2021 09:00AM EDT
Lot 840

Signed 1855 Memorial Sampler

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
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$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

American or British, dated 1855, upper panel with four lines of memorial verse over the inscription "William Alfard Hooson Died July 1855 Aged 20 weeks/Sarah Jane Hooson Died Au/gust 1 1855 Aged 21 weeks" and signed "Sarah Hooson work 1855", flanked by evergreen trees and birds, above a scene with fenced tomb and winged cherubs, sight 19-1/4 x 19 in.; wood frame, 29-3/4 x 29 in.

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Provenance: Mebane Antique Auction Gallery, Mebane, North Carolina; Nathan Sapp, Winston Salem, North Carolina; Private Collection, Camden, South Carolina

Condition

some toning; According to consignor notes, this sampler was restored at the Biltmore in Asheville, North Carolina.ÿ

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