Gold, Silver, Bank Notes, Coins and Stamps, Postcards, Collectables including Baseball Trading cards, Furniture and lots more to be added Monday

Gold, Silver, Bank Notes, Coins and Stamps, Postcards, Collectables including Baseball Trading cards, Furniture and lots more to be added Monday

Lot 56: A Trio of Framed Needlepoint Embroideries including a Millennium 2000 Commemorative Sampler

2026-10-21T09:00:00Z

A Trio of Framed Needlepoint Embroideries including a Millennium 2000 Commemorative Sampler

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Description

A collection of three framed needlepoint works executed in wool or cotton thread on canvas. The group includes a large vertical portrait of the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun, worked in a palette of blue, gold, and terracotta tones. The portrait is set within a decorative border featuring stylised palm trees and geometric motifs, presented in a dark-painted wooden frame.

The second large piece is a commemorative sampler titled Millennium 2000 in the central panel. The design features a central compass-rose motif surrounded by multiple vignettes and text panels celebrating British historical events and figures. Legible text includes 1066 Battle of Hastings, 1215 Magna Carta, 1564-1616 William Shakespeare, 1665 Isaac Newton Law of Gravity, 1768-1779 Captain J Cook, and 1815 Wellington. Additional names recorded in the needlework include Tennyson, Churchill, Wilberforce, Elgar, and Drake. The work is housed in a wood-effect frame with a gold-tone inner slip.

The third work is a smaller landscape-oriented needlepoint depicting a steamship at a dock, possibly the RMS Queen Mary, with figures gathered in the foreground. It is presented in a dark wood frame.

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