Fyson, Mary (age 8)

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Maker
Fyson, Mary (age 8)
Date made
1789
Origin
CT US
In Bolton & Co.
No
Predominent Motif
House in the center with fence. Many motifs of animals, flowers and trees, angels, pheasants and other birds, crown and coronet. Saw tooth inner and outer border all four sides.
Inscription
Be you to others kind and true / As would have others be to you / And neither do nor say to men / What er you would not take again / Mary Fyson finished this sampler April 24 1789 aged (above): 8 years //
Length Without Frame
15 3/4"
Length With Frame
16 3/4"
Width Without Frame
16 1/2"
Wdith With Frame
18"
Original Frame
Unknown
Historical Owner
#1961.9
Owner
NSCDA Webb-Deane-Stevens House, Wethersfield, CT
Owner Private
NSCDA Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum