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Lot 249A - Georg Rothfan's fractur, January 2, 1816, bird and floral border, Conestoga Township, Lancaster Co., adhered to glass, fragile needs conservation, in red wood cherry frame with pencil inscription, 10" x 8"
Estimate: 400-600
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Lot 271 - 1804 Westtown School sampler, intialed "WB/EB/SM", some loss to foundation, stains, 11" x 10 1/4"
Estimate: 1,000-1,500
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Lot 273 - Undated Westtown School darning sampler, intialed "RG/HP, AH/RW, MP/SL, MB/MJ", some loss to green foundation, 13" x 12"
Estimate: 2,000-3,000
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Lot 274 - 1803 Judith Willits West-Town Boarding School sampler, early pine frame, she was from Egg Harbor, NJ, some stains, 15" x 11"
Estimate: 2,000-3,000
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Lot 276 - "Melinda Loomis Sampler, 1797," alphabet with tree and floral border, purchased by Elizabeth Matlat in 1958 in Milford, CT, 11 3/4" x 17"
Estimate: 1,000-1,500
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Lot 277 - "Elizabeth Houck's work, age 11 years, 1826," pictorial sampler with trees, fruit baskets, flowers, butterflies, birds, and dogs, with a vine and berry border, found in Downingtown, Chester County, PA, 15 1/2" x 17"
Estimate: 1,200-1,600
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Lot 277A - 19" x 12" needlework sampler, Ann Alexander, 1824
Estimate: 400-600
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Lot 277B - 19 1/4" x 15 1/2" printed fabric panel, bowl of fruit and flowers
Estimate: 50-100
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Lot 279 - "Caroline Plumb - her Sampler, 1835," floral and berry border, trees with birds, flower baskets, dogs, 3 story Federal house flanked by trees, base band of sheep, repairs to foundation, 17 1/2" x 17"
Estimate: 3,000-5,000
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Lot 282 - "Mary Florence / Philadelphia / 1826", "Innocence is Sweet" verse sampler with home flanked by trees, sheep in yard, 21 1/2" x 15 1/2"
Estimate: 12,000-16,000
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Lot 283 - Amelia Burhams, 1835 scenic needlework sampler, floral vine border around central panel with fenced house, church in steeple in background, minor losses and stains, 16 1/2" x 18"
Estimate: 600-800
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Lot 285 - "Performed by Huldah H. Potter, New Bedford, Massachusetts, September 25, 1826," silk floral vine border, verse and alphabet center, stains, 17 1/2" x 17 1/2"
Estimate: 2,000-3,000
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Lot 286 - Scottish needlework sampler, Ellis Starr, her sampler, of Scarborough, 1705, some stains and losses, 15 3/4" x 8 7/8"
Estimate: 300-500
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Lot 288 - Catherine Atkinson 1812 needlework sampler, birds & flowers, berry & vine border, losses, 16.5 x 10.5
Estimate: 200-300
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