Antique Sampler, 1838, by Maryann Sanders

Victorian, dated 1838. 21.9ins high, 17.3ins wide, 1.2ins deep. 1838 Sampler by Mary Ann Sanders.

The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in a variety of stitches.

Meandering strawberry border.

Colours greens, cream, yellow, pale blue, white, pink and blue.

Verse entitled

'THE ROSE'

reads,

'The Rose had been wash'd just wash'd in a shower

Which Mary to Anna convey'd,

The plentiful moisture encrumbr'd the flow'r,

And weigh'd down its beautiful head.

The cup was all fill'd the leaves were all wet.

And it seem'd to a fanciful view.

To weep for the bud it had left with regret.

From the flourishing bush were it grew.

I hastily seiz'd it unfit as it was.

For a nosegay so dripping and drown'd.

And swinging it rudely too rudely alas.

I snapp'd it_it fell to the ground.

And such, I exclaim'd is the pitiless part,

Some act by the delicate mind,

Regardless of wringing and breaking a heart.

Already to sorrow resigned.

This elegant Rose had I shaken it less,

Might have bloom'd with it's owner a while,

And the tear that is wip'd with a little addres,

May be follow'd perhaps with a smil.'.

Signed and dated

'Maryann Sanders Completed this Sampler April 27 1838 Aged 10 Years'.

A good set of motifs, some finely embroidered, including flowers,

trees, laden with fruit,

birds

and fruit baskets.

Framed in an old wood frame with rippled, old glass.

Mounting: The sampler is tacked to wooden board. Frame backed with brown paper.

CONDITION: Good.

A couple small of holes, and losses to the bottom edge.

Minor stitch losses to a couple of the flowering motifs.

Colours are strong and well defined.

Frame showing wear, but structurally sound.

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