- Maker
- Clap, Hepzibah (age 10)
- Date made
- 1808
- Origin
- Dorchester, MA US
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: lowercase with both long and short style S. One ampersand. Numbers 1-5 and 6-10. Willow tree on right of verse. Some cross bands and diamond motifs. Name in a rectangular cartouche at bottom. Strawberry border all four sides.
- Inscription
- Blooming beauty soon will fade / Earthly pomp will pass away, / But the mind enrich'd with grace / Has charms which never will decay. / Education. // Tis education forms the common mind / Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclin'd. / Wrought by Hepzibah Clap, Dec. 21, Aged 10, 1808 //
- Length With Frame
- 19 1/2"
- Wdith With Frame
- 18 1/2"
- Owner
- Dorchester Historical Society, Dorchester, MA
- Owner Private
- Dorchester Historical Society