1781 Antique Sampler by Mary Cannon. Framed in an old wood frame with rippled, old glass. Fixed to card. Wood to the back. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in cross stitch and Algerian eye. Meandering strawberry border. Colours green, blue, red, yellow, green, white, purple, black and brown. Alphabets A-Z in upper case and numbers 1-28. Verse reads, 'Go to the Plough or Team Go Hedge or Ditch: some honest Calling use no Matter> which: Be Porter Postman take the labouring oar: Employment keeps the Bailiffs> From the Door: Though thou be mean thy frugal Industry: Depend upon it> shall rewarded be:'. Signed and dated, 'mary cannon wrought This in the Year 1781'. A few motifs including flowers, birds and birds in cages, lions, crowns, diamonds and dogs.
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Dimensions
16ins by 11.75ins wide
Circa Date
George III, dated 1781
Description
1781 Antique Sampler by Mary Cannon. Framed in an old wood frame with rippled, old glass. Fixed to card. Wood to the back. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in cross stitch and Algerian eye. Meandering strawberry border. Colours green, blue, red, yellow, green, white, purple, black and brown. Alphabets A-Z in upper case and numbers 1-28. Verse reads, 'Go to the Plough or Team Go Hedge or Ditch: some honest Calling use no Matter> which: Be Porter Postman take the labouring oar: Employment keeps the Bailiffs> From the Door: Though thou be mean thy frugal Industry: Depend upon it> shall rewarded be:'. Signed and dated, 'mary cannon wrought This in the Year 1781'. A few motifs including flowers, birds and birds in cages, lions, crowns, diamonds and dogs.
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