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Large 1838 Sampler by Mary Botterill

Victorian, dated 1838. 24ins by 24.5ins wide. Large 1838 Sampler by Mary Botterill. Framed in an old, burr maple frame with glass.

Tacked to wood.

The sampler is worked in fine wool on canvas ground, in cross stitch throughout.

Meandering floral border.

Colours magenta, red, green, pale blue, pale green, light brown, copper, orange, pink and black.

Family initials.

Verse reads

'My God is reconciled

His pardoning voice I hear

He owns me for his child

I can no longer fear

Teach me to live that I may dread

The grave as little as my bed

Teach me to die that so I may

Rise glorious at the awful day'.

Inscription reads

'Be thou faithful unto death

And I will give thee a crown of life'.

Signed and dated

'Mary Botterill's Work Finished 1838'.

A good set of motifs, including flowers,

stars,

dogs,

swans,

birds,

squirrels,

potted flowering plants

and angels holding a crown.

CONDITION: Good. No holes.

A number of stains.

No stitch losses.

Colours are slightly faded, but still well defined.

Some colour run around the verse.

Unevenly stretched.

Frame in good condition.

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