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TWO MAINE SAMPLERS WITH SILHOUETTES AND DAGS OF THE PORTER FAMILY. Lot comprises of: 1) Framed needlework schoolgirl sampler signed “Mary Porter Caroline Brown”. Alpha numeric lines including the location “Blue Hill”. Flower vine border encompassing a circle with “Aged 12 years”. SIZE: 12-1/2” x 10”. CONDITION: Very good. 2) Hollow cut silhouette of Mary Porter. Housed in a black molded wood frame. SIGHT SIZE: 3-1/4” x 2-1/2”. CONDITION: Very good. 3) Schoolgirl sampler signed “Lucia Ann Porter of Sedgwick Bay, Maine Born May 16th AD 1827 Aged 17 Years 3 Months”. Alpha rows with house that has faded. SIZE: 10-1/4” x 9-3/4”. CONDITION: Faded. 4) Hollow cut silhouette of Lucia Ann Porter. Housed in a black molded wood frame. SIZE: 3-1/4” x 2-1/2”. CONDITION: Very good. 5) Double silhouette of man and woman with eglomise glass with oval windows. On back written “Rufus King Porter” and “Sarah Porter”. IMAGE SIZE: 3-1/4” x 6-1/4”. CONDITION: Good. 6) 1/6 plate daguerreotype of Lucia Ann Porter who is one of the girls that did one of the samplers. She holds in her lap the next described daguerreotype of presumably her mother. 7) 1/6 plate daguerreotype, an unidentified but probably Lucia’s mother. CONDITION: Very good. A wonderful opportunity for a documented family sampler, silhouette and photograph lot. 9-99754 (500-1,000)


Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - Samoset 2004
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