- Maker
- Wilcox, Sarah Ann
- Date made
- 1808
- Origin
- Charleston, SC US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin, Split.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Sampler is divided into three panels. Upper panel with verse, middle panel with a house, a man and a woman with a dog, and two large and two small sheep all on a small lawn. The lower panel has various tree and flower baskets, with geese and other birds. Arcaded honey suckle border all four sides.
- Inscription
- (At top): VIRTUE / VIrtue's the chiefest beauty of the mind the noblest / Ornament of humankind virtue's our safeguard and / Guiding sar that stirs our reason when our senses err. (At the bottom): Sarah Ann Wilcox her sampler / Marked in the year of our Lord 1808
- Length Without Frame
- 48 cm
- Width Without Frame
- 42 cm
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #HT 0507 Donated by Sallie A. Bassett and E. Flora Bassett, daughters of the maker. 1919
- Owner
- The Charleston Museum, Charleston, SC
- Owner Private
- The Charleston Museum