Samplers thread their way from orphanage to auction
Estimated at just £30-50, a late 19th century sampler sold via thesaleroom.com for £1850 at Wotton Auction Rooms (18% buyer’s premium) in Gloucestershire. A clue to the appeal is the inscription 'M Mountain, 5 Orphan House, Ashley Down, Bristol, 1879'.
The New Orphan Houses in the Ashley Down district in the north of Bristol were once the largest or…