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1834 Small Silkwork Sampler by Mary Day

William IV, dated Feb 1 1834. 8ins by 7ins wide. 1834 Silkwork Sampler by Mary Day. Unframed.

The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground, in cross stitch throughout.

Simple line border.

Colour is light green throughout.

Alphabets A-Z in uppercase and lower case with numbers 1-10.

Verse reads

'Great God I would not ask to see

What in futurity shall be

If light and bliss attend my days

Then let my future hours be praise

Is darkness and distress my share

Then let me trust thy guardian care

Enough for me if love divine

At length through every cloud shall shine

Honour thy Father and thy Mother

that thy days may be long in the land

which the Lord thy God giveth thee'.

Signed and dated

'Mary Day Caistor Feb 1 1834'.

Caistor is a town in Lincolnshire, England.

CONDITION: Generally Good. A number of holes.

One stain.

No stitch losses. The colour is slightly faded, but still well defined. No colour run.

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