Antique English Silk Embroidery Sampler, Mourning, Tapestry in Frame, c.1808 Tyrol Jewelry and pocket watch

Jewelry and pocket watch

and the Minerve mark is one used from 1838 forward

But the painting is a beautiful rendition of a popular 19th century theme known as "nature morte"

Could be longer if untwisted

no hairlines or warping to the thin wafer upon which she is painted

Antique English Silk Embroidery Sampler, Mourning, Tapestry in Frame, c.1808 Tyrol Jewelry and pocket watchAn exquisite example of 200 year old silk embroidery samplers, this one is a mourning devotional and mourns the loss of "Sacred to the Memory of Musgrave Brown, Died June 11, 1808, aged 40 years" sewn on the silk tomb. The chenille stitches, long stitches and super fine embroidery in silk is more than 200 years old and has very little damage. You can see our images show there is a line of broken silk, fully visible but well contained within the frame