An Edwardian cream silk floral embroidered handkerchief case, of rectangular folded form, each side embroidered with a basket of flowers within a ...
A 19th Century oval needle work picture on silk, of a young girl seated in a wooded landscape making a floral headband with two sheep nearby, wate...
A group of eleven needle works purchased in the last century, some from Katherine Christophers, King's Mill, Painswick, Gloucestershire ...
A 17th Century blue silk panel embroidered in silks and metallic threads, with a central regal female figure accompanied by a man in feather headd...
A mid 17th Century silk embroidered panel depicting a standing bearded man, his wife and child, amid a tent, flowers, and an oak tree below clouds...
A pair of late 17th Century silk embroidered raised work appliques each of a parrot, on a flowering branch each with a flower to its beak, losses ...
A fine mid 17th Century stump work silk and metallic thread panel depicting a royal couple, presumably Charles II and Catherine of Braganza, each ...
An unusual 17th Century part needle work and part painted map on linen depicting the Thames 'Part of Surrey/Part of Kent', centred by a panel of a...
An attractive early 18th Century gros and petit point arch top panel depicting a youthful male gardener, standing amid flowers, and wearing a hat,...
A late 18th Century oval silk embroidered panel titled 'Come By My Chickens', a woman three quarter length in ribbon tied bonnet and wearing a clo...
A pair of part printed and part cloth appliqued cut out pictures, mounted on cloth, one titled to the image 'Sophia Charlotta Borufsia Regina', (S...
Two fine Bristol card exercises, both mounted on broad fringed ribbon comprising an example depicting a Church inscribed 'The Lord Is In His Holy ...
A fine Bristol card exercise, mounted on broad fringed ribbon being an eight line verse commencing 'Tis Hard To Part From Those We Love …..', card...
Three Bristol card exercises, comprising a miniature alphabet sampler with ribbon bound border, 7.4 x 8.5cms, and two others, 2.7 x 14.2 and 9.2 x...
A double sided French coloured silk needle work picture or 'Colifichet' dated 1816, depicting a bird cage with string to a winged heart, a further...
An elaborate German or Austrian Gupf Haube / Goldhaube folk headdress / bonnet, the skull in elaborate feather panels, circles, swirls and ovals, ...
A fine sable bead work rectangular wallet / purse, late 18th/early 19th Century, probably French, each cover in floral and scrolling bead work to ...
Purses, etc., comprising seven 20th Century purses formed from sea shells, largest 8.2cms, a mother of pearl mounted purse, s.d., 6cms, a leather ...
A collection of 19th Century and later fancy bag clasps, comprising a silver filigree example, probably Dutch with makers mark 'IB', 15cms, a gilt...
Three rectangular draw string bags, comprising a floral bead work example on bead work ground, 24 x 16cms, another with black steel bead work bord...
Two rectangular bead work bags, comprising a draw string example decorated with flowers and swags over floral filled pointed arches, 19 x 16cms, a...
Three rectangular bead work bags, comprising a gold ground floral decorated example with bead work draw string, 20 x 12.4cms, another worked with ...
Two rectangular bead work draw string bags, comprising a flower head and leaf scroll example within geometric borders and in vibrant colours, 27 x...
Six bags, comprising four geometric bead work examples, two with bead work handles, one draw string and one with clasp on chain, 23 x 12.5cms excl...
Two rectangular draw string bead work bags, both with bold geometric design and vibrant colouring, 30 x 19.5 and 23 x 17.5cms. (2)
A group of nine small bags and purses, comprising five draw string examples, two with steel clasps, one of misers form and an example in the form ...
A group of seven small bags and purses, comprising four draw string examples, one with gilt clasp, 13cms, one in the form of a sock, 14cms excludi...
Seven miser's purses, five incorporating beads, largest 63cms. (7)
Twenty miser's purses, including two executed in bead work, 19 and 19.5cms, eleven incorporating metallic beads, and seven others, largest 41 cms....
A hussif in floral printed cotton, circa 1800, stitched with six skein holders, two graduated stitched border flannels, and with pocket, original ...
An unusual lady's wallet of four blue silk compartments, within purple ribbon borders, the compartments inked in the style of bank notes 'One / Tw...
A large and unusual hussif, in black grosgrain bordered in blue silk ribbon, arched top the body with numerous retainers, fitted pin cushion, skei...
A late 18th Century finely executed reticule, oval silk covered card base with gilt ribbon, fine mesh body, the draw string top with gilt wire loo...
A late 18th Century finely executed reticule with scent bottle, executed in alternate red and cream segments, draw string top with taselled cords,...
A small beadwork purse and another, the first executed in metallic beads with paste highlights the silver clasp chased with a basket of flowers an...
A late 18th Century watered silk wallet or purse, of rectangular form, worked in coloured silks with a border trailing pansies, other flowers and ...
An 18th Century faded blue silk wallet or purse, of rectangular form, the front with ribband tied branches in sequinned metal threads, button and ...
An 18th Century Ottoman wallet (probably Constantinople) incorporating a note book and with internal floral water colour decoration, the cover fin...
An 18th Century Ottoman wallet (probably Constantinople) incorporating a note book, silver stylus and internal floral water colour decoration, the...
Six bags and purses, comprising a bead work decorated bag with circular metal concertina top and pierced hinged cover, 30cms including tassel, two...
A late 18th / early 19th Century quilted silk purse or wallet, edged with silk ribbon, the interior with two open compartments and two compartment...
Two late 18th / early 19th quilted pink silk purses or wallets, the smaller with metallic thread edging, the interior with a lockable compartment ...
Two late 18th / early 19th Century silk purses or wallets, comprising a quilted blue silk example with metallic thread edging, the interior with l...
A late 18th Century embroidered cream silk purse or wallet, the front with a circular embroidered silk panel of a rotunda in landscape within cate...
A late 18th Century pink silk purse or wallet, decorated with loop work flowering sprays, the interior in cream silk with two open compartments an...
A late 18th Century embroidered cream silk purse or wallet, silk and metallic ribbon borders, the front with arched flap embroidered in coloured s...
Two 19th Century draw string knitted bags, both incorporating metallic threads, comprising a green example, 13.5cms including base tassel, the oth...
A simple small Bristol card cross stitch sampler, worked with upper and lower case alphabets and numerals 1-5, dated 'March 14-81', 12 x 9.2cms. ...
A mixed lot of samplers, needleworks, etc., comprising a framed sampler 'Sarah Stone Aged 12, 1841', 36 x 30cms, another 'Eliza J. Pringle, Leslie...
A charming miniature cloth sewing basket with sampler style decoration, the basket formed from six arch top tapering panels each externally embroi...
A 19th Century educational sample group, mounted on crimped edge glazed pink cotton comprising two miniature samplers, one named for 'F. Dawson', ...
Four samplers purchased in the last Century An unusual sampler 'Ann Bristow Wrought This ...
A well detailed sampler 'E. Norris 1824', worked with three symmetrical houses beyond railings over a further house, a windmill, and two other bui...
An attractive sampler 'Elisabeth Dodge Aged 14 1839', worked with a verse flanked by trees and birds over a house within trees, crown, flowering p...
A sampler 'Jane Sim 1842', worked with alphabets and numerals, over a house within figures, animals, a ship, tree of life, stag, flowering jardini...
Two related rosewood framed samplers, the smaller 'Rosanna Woodalls Work Aged 11 Years, AD 1842', flowering jardinieres, animals, crowned angel wi...
A rare late 18th/early 19th Century watch case sampler, circular worked in coloured wool and silk with crown, pair of birds, pair of hearts, pair ...
A rare late 18th/early 19th Century watch case sampler, circular worked in coloured wool with the initials 'AC' above a heart flanked by a pair of...
A plated brass chatelaine, circa 1880, the hinged hook with elaborate pierced mount centred by a Roman head with five pierced link chains to a thi...
An unmarked silver chatelaine, the hook with leaf scroll pierced mount centred by a vacant shield with three short chains to a hallmarked silver v...
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