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The Potter Sampler from Breconshire
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The Potter Sampler from Breconshire

19th century
Sold 8 February 2025 · Havard and Havard
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Description

A splendid family sampler of large scale, worked in brightly coloured wools, recording the Potter family of Glantwyney in the upper Swansea valley.

David Potter came to Breconshire to work as a warrener for an East Anglian company. The unsuccessful venture sought to farm rabbits commercially for their meat and fur in the upper Cray Valley but had ceased by the mid 1850`s.

Clearly David decided to stay and marry a local girl and they and their offspring are immortalised in this unusual sampler.

*Harriet, the youngest child, once worked at the local Craigynos Castle for the reknowned opera singer Dame Adelina Patti and recalled in later life that her father and his fellow warreners “bred black rabbits for Londoners”

*Taken from “Crai, Atgofion Mebyd, Memories of Youth” by Glyn Powell and Stephen Roderick, published in 2019.

Breconshire circa 1880.

Physical Dimensions
Height
76cm (29.92")
Width
116cm (45.67")
Declaration

Havard and Havard has dated this Antique Family Sampler to the 1880s.

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SA858361
Description
A splendid family sampler of large scale, worked in brightly coloured wools, recording the Potter family of Glantwyney in the upper Swansea valley.

David Potter came to Breconshire to work as a warrener for an East Anglian company.

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The unsuccessful venture sought to farm rabbits commercially for their meat and fur in the upper Cray Valley but had ceased by the mid 1850`s.
Havard and Havard
fig 1. A framed antique needlework sampler displaying genealogical text records and embroidered motifs of birds, houses, and trees.
fig 1. The Potter Sampler from Breconshire

Clearly David decided to stay and marry a local girl and they and their offspring are immortalised in this unusual sampler.

Harriet, the youngest child, once worked at the local Craigynos Castle for the reknowned opera singer Dame Adelina Patti and recalled in later life that her father and his fellow warreners “bred black rabbits for Londoners”

Taken from “Crai, Atgofion Mebyd, Memories of Youth” by Glyn Powell and Stephen Roderick, published in 2019.

Breconshire circa 1880.

Height
76cm (29.92")
Width
116cm (45.67")
Date of Manufacture

Havard and Havard has dated this Antique Family Sampler to the 1880s.

Reference Numbers
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SA858361
Havard and Havard
Havard and Havard
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Specialists in welsh country furniture

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Archive I A framed antique needlework sampler displaying genealogical text records and embroidered motifs of birds, houses, and trees. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO

The Potter Sampler from Breconshire

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Havard and Havard
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Vale of Glamorgan
United Kingdom

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A framed antique needlework sampler displaying genealogical text records and embroidered motifs of birds, houses, and trees.
The Potter Sampler from Breconshire
Ref: SA858361
A framed antique needlework sampler displaying genealogical text records and embroidered motifs of birds, houses, and trees.
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  • ObjectWall Art & Hangings
  • Period19th century
  • StyleVictorian & Gothic
  • MaterialLinen, Silk Thread, Wood
  • ColourMulti-coloured
  • MotifsGenealogical text, Embroidered animals, Geometric borders, Floral arrangements
  • SizeH 76 cm (30 in) x W 116 cm (46 in)

FAQs

An antique family sampler is a piece of needlework historically created by women or children to demonstrate proficiency in various stitches while recording births, marriages, and deaths within a family.

These pieces were typically crafted using linen or wool ground fabric, stitched with dyed silk, wool, or cotton threads, and often housed in period timber frames.

Authenticity is assessed by examining the fibre degradation, hand-spun thread characteristics, type of weave in the linen backing, and the ageing of the frame and glass.

An antique sampler brings historic character to contemporary spaces when hung on a neutral wall or placed above a mantelpiece, using conservation-grade framing to protect the fabric.

To prevent fading and degradation, antique samplers should be kept out of direct sunlight, displayed away from moisture sources, and framed with UV-filtering glass and acid-free backing.
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