- Maker
- Bartlet, Hannah (age 13)
- Date made
- 1804
- Origin
- Newburyport, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Stem, Tent, Queen, French knot, Eyelet.
- In Bolton & Co.
- Yes Page 126
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 5 alphabets: #1&2 end with L, uppercase script missing the J, last 2 complete. Various wide cross bands including heart, scroll and strawberry. At the bottom a wooded scene with a shepherd sitting beneath a flowering tree. He holds a crook and his sheep, both white and black and one cow are grazing across the green. Birds are perched in the trees and there are four flying bugs. A large urn with flowers is in the center.
- Inscription
- How blest the Maid whom circling years improve / Her God the object of her warmest love / Whose useful hous successive as they glide / The book the needle and the pen divide / Hannah Bartlet born Septr 25 1791 AAE 13 years 1804 //
- Length Without Frame
- 17"
- Width Without Frame
- 22"
- Bolton & Co. Page
- 126
- Owner
- Historical Society of Old Newbury, Newburyport, MA
- Owner Private
- Historical Society of Old Newbury
