- Maker
- Starr, Mary Ann (age 11)
- Date made
- 1845
- Origin
- US
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Mirror image sampler: both sides are the same. Top third has various small pine and flowering trees. A basket of flowers in the center. Middle of sampler has various bird motifs both flying and perched. Insects. A large checkered basket with flowering plants. Lower third has name with a prancing stag on either side. Arcaded strawberry border all four sides.
- Inscription
- (In upper third): Children your earliest youth / Serve the God of grace and truth / And to the Redeemers praise / Spend the remnant of your days (In rectangular cartouche near the bottom): Mary Ann Starr / Aged 11 Years / 1845
- Length Without Frame
- 17 1/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 12"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Owner
- Historical Society of Old Newbury, Newburyport, MA
- Owner Private
- Historical Society of Old Newbury
