How grateful is the search with pride we trace / Useful inventions that exalt our race / Now to invent new arts of old to find . / Becomes the story of the ingenuous mind / To raise the virtues a(?)enate the bliss / And guide the youthful mind to happiness. / Wrought by Lavinia Winship aged 10 years

Maker

Winship, Lavinia (age 10)

Date made

1821

Origin

Unknown

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

5 alphabets: 2 unfinished. 2 without J. Numbers 1-20. Cross borders. Inner acorn border. Saw tooth outer border.

Inscription

How grateful is the search with pride we trace / Useful inventions that exalt our race / Now to invent new arts of old to find . / Becomes the story of the ingenuous mind / To raise the virtues a(?)enate the bliss / And guide the youthful mind to happiness. / Wrought by Lavinia Winship aged 10 years

Length Without Frame

20 1/4"

Width Without Frame

20 1/4"

Historical Owner

#1998.002.017 Gift of Rosamund Gifford

Owner

Duxbury Rural & Historical Society, Duxbury, MA

Owner Private

Duxbury Rural & Historical Society