Antique Scottish Sampler, c.1800, by Marion Preston

George III, Circa 1800. 15ins high, 12.2ins wide, 0.8ins deep. Circa 1800 Verse Sampler by Marion Preston.

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

Meandering floral border.

Colours red, cream, light brown, greens and gold.

Alphabets A-Z in upper case.

Verse from 'The Hermit' by Thomas Parnell reads,

'Far in a wild unknown to

public view From youth to

age a revrend hermit grew

Remote From man with God he

passd his days prayr all his business

all his pleasure praise'.

Signed

'Marion Preston Ended her book

???? Desember 18 agd 10 ????

Teached by Ann Daton ????shire'.

A wonderful set of motifs, including two guards standing eitherside of a temple,

a couple with their young daughter,

a small child hiding in a tree house,

dogs,

flowers,

potted flowering plants,

stags,

birds

and fir trees.

Framed in a wood frame with glass. Mounting: The sampler is loose mounted onto paper.

Frame backed with wood.

CONDITION: Fair.

A number of holes.

No stains other than uniform age darkening of the ground.

Some stitch losses to the border, divider lines, the signature, and motifs.

Colours are all good and strong.

Slight colour run to the green in the top left.

Unevenly stretched, causing some wrinkling of the ground.

Frame showing slight wear, otherwise sound.

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