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202. NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, WORKED BY CLARISSA DODGE, Essex County, Massachusetts, dated 1814, worked in silk on linen, inscribed recto, silk thread alphabets / How blest the maid whom years improve / Her God the object of her love / Whose hours successive as they glide / The needle book and pen divide / Wrought by Clarissa / Dodge in the 12th year of her / age Beverly Sept 1814. Overall 16 ½ in. x 16 in. 203. RARE PAIR OF GEORGE II LEAD GARDEN CISTERNS, dated 1757, of cylindrical form and cast in relief with cartouche-framed galleons, rope-entwined anchors, mermaids, scallop-shells, starfish, and scrolled acanthus chutes. Height 18 in. Diameter 21 in. 83 Rafael Osona Auctions