- Maker
- Jones, Mary (age 14)
- Date made
- 1755
- Origin
- Falmouth, ME US
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- The top half of this sampler is filled with a verse. Various stitched lines and narrow and wide cross bands. The bottom half has a gate(?) at the center top and below that a deer at the center of a mound. A man on either side stand on a tall perch. A geometric tree and a vase are on both L and R. A reversing arcaded carnation border all four sides.
- Inscription
- ALL YOU MY FRIENDS WHICH NOW EXPECT / TO SEE A PEACE OF WORK THUS PERFORD BY / ME CAST BUT A SMILE ON THIS MY MEEN INDEVER / I WILL STRIVE TO MEND AND BE OBEDIENT EVER / WITH CARE THIS COST THE SAME WROUGHT / AND FINISHD WITH A VIRGIN'S THOUGHT / MARY JONES DID THIS IN THE 14 YEAR OF HER / AGE 1775 //
- Length Without Frame
- 44cm
- Width Without Frame
- 34cm
- Historical Owner
- A86-563 Gift of Frederick J. Ilsley, 1923
- Owner
- Maine Historical Society, Portland, ME
- Owner Private
- Maine Historical Society
