Object lessons from dealers at Art and Antiques for Everyone

Hiscock & Shepherd specialises in needlework samplers, pottery and folk art. For Erna Hiscock and John Shepherd, samplers are a particular passion for their social, educational and occupational back stories.

The word ‘sampler’ derives from the Latin ‘exemplum’ or the old French term ‘essamplaire’, meaning…

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