Lots 441 - 450

Lot #441: SILK NEEDLEWORK MOURNING PICTURE
Worked with two urn-topped monuments and weeping willow trees, signed "Wrought by/Mary Ann Smith/At the/National Madras School/In the/15th year of her Age/A.D. 1827"; 12 1/2 x 15 in.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 500.00 Sold as $475

Lot #442: NEEDLEWORK MOURNING PICTURE
Worked with column, urn-topped monument, female figure and weeping willow trees; 16 1/2 x 22 1/4 in.
Estimate: $ 400.00 - $ 600.00 Sold as $500

Lot #443: EUROPEAN SCHOOL: THE WAYFARER
Watercolor on paper, 6 1/8 in. x 8 1/8 in. (sight).
Estimate: $ 200.00 - $ 300.00 Sold as $100

Lot #444: WATERCOLOR OF A FRENCH GRENADIER
Holding a rifle, with inscribed name; 8 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.
Estimate: $ 250.00 - $ 500.00 Sold as $175

Lot #445: JOHANN RITTER, PRINTER, READING, PA: PRINTED FRAKTUR WITH HAND COLORING
Birth record dated April 10, 1804; 16 x 12 1/2 in. (sight). Provenance: The collection of Walter Himmerleich.
Estimate: $ 400.00 - $ 800.00 Sold as $300

Lot #446: TWO PRINTED AND HAND-COLORED FRAKTURS
The first printed by Thomas Scheffer, Harrisburg, PA, 16 3/4 x 14 in. (sight), dated 1842; the second printed by H. Ebner & Co., Allentown, PA, 16 x 13 1/2 in. (sight), dated 1829.
Estimate: $ 400.00 - $ 600.00 Sold as $400

Lot #447: TWO NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS
One worked with flower-filled urns and house, the other with birds, baskets and sprays of flowers, a country house and a memorial flanked by weeping willow tree; 17 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. and 11 1/4 x 17 in.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 600.00 Sold as $300

Lot #448: WOOL NEEDLEWORK PICTURE, PROBABLY ENGLISH
Depicting a Nubian flanked by flowers and foliage, animals and unicorn; 13 1/2 x 22 in.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 600.00 Sold as $350

Lot #449: ENGLISH SILK NEEDLEWORK PICTURE
Worked with a man and a woman surrounded by dogs and sheep; 17 x 19 in.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 600.00 Sold as $600

Lot #450: SILK NEEDLEWORK PICTURE
Worked with a two-handled flower bowl with the initial "S"; 14 x 16 in.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 600.00 Sold as $225