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Lot 212

Three Needlepoint Pocketbooks
Rockingham County, New Hampshire, 18th century

2 – 12 August 2025, 12:00 EDT
Online, Skinner Marlborough, Massachusetts

Sold for US$2,816 inc. premium

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Three Needlepoint Pocketbooks

Rockingham County, New Hampshire, 18th century

One pocketbook of Irish-stitched wool on linsey-woolsey canvas, with hand-stitched linen binding and silk lining over paper interfacing, paper label states that it belonged to John McMurphy (1682-1755) of Londonderry, New Hampshire, 5 x 8 1/2 in.

One of Irish-stitched wool on cotton-blend canvas, with hand-stitched glazed wool and cotton bindings and lining over paper interfacing, paper label states that it belonged to William Clark (1734-1808) of Londonderry and New Boston, New Hampshire, 4 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.

One of satin-stitched wool on linen canvas, with hand-stitched mercerized cotton binding and wool lining over cardboard interfacing, paper label states that it belonged to Deacon James Pinkerton (1747-1829) of Londonderry, and was displayed at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, 4 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.

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Provenance
In the Mack family of Londonderry, New Hampshire, since the 19th century.

Provenance Note
An exhibition card retained in pocket reads: "Embroidered Pocket-Book: Came over from Ireland in the Irish Emigration in 1719. Belonged to John McMurphy Esq. of Londonderry, N.H. who died in 1755. Just the site for depreciated Continental currency - or to encounter a Greenback craze," with the post-script "At Chicago 1893" signed by Robert Clark Mack (1818-94) of Londonderry. Mack similarly annotated a label on the Pinkerton pocketbook. These items were loaned by the Mack family for display at the New Hampshire State Building during the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.

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