(At the top): DUTY TO GOD AND OUR NEIGHBOUR / (In the center): Love God with all your soul and / strength. / With all your heart and mind. / And love your neighbour as yourself, / Be faithful just and kind. / / deal with another, as you'd have / Another deal with you, / What you're unwilling to receive, / Be sure you never do. / / (Near the bottom): Mary Freer Aged 14 years October 3 1848 . / /

Maker

Freer, Mary (age 14)

Date made

1848

Origin

England

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

Mirror image sampler: both sides are the same. A sun in the center with (going down): a bird, a basket, an urn with a geometric plant. At the center bottom a house with a dog, a tree and a strawberry on each side. Arcaded honeysuckle border all four sides.

Inscription

(At the top): DUTY TO GOD AND OUR NEIGHBOUR / (In the center): Love God with all your soul and / strength. / With all your heart and mind. / And love your neighbour as yourself, / Be faithful just and kind. / / deal with another, as you'd have / Another deal with you, / What you're unwilling to receive, / Be sure you never do. / / (Near the bottom): Mary Freer Aged 14 years October 3 1848 . / /

Length Without Frame

17"

Owner

Historical Society of Old Newbury, Newburyport, MA

Owner Private

Historical Society of Old Newbury