- Maker
- Mackintire, Mehitable (age 11
- Date made
- 1807
- Origin
- Reading, MA US
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 2 alphabets: both missing J and uppercase also missing the X. Numbers 1-(1)0. Various stitched lines and small cross bands. All done in a saw tooth stitched rectangle. Floral plants and sprays. Flower and chain border across top and down both sides and perhaps across the bottom under the frame.
- Inscription
- (Near center): Stamp virtue's laws upon my youthful heart / Then meek eyed innocence shall never thee desert / But thou shalt imitate the rising sun / Increase thy splendid virtue till life's glass hath run / (At the bottom): Mehitable Mackintires Work wrought when she was / 11 years of age at M. Fine's School, Reading 1807 //
- Length With Frame
- 17 1/2"
- Wdith With Frame
- 21"
- Original Frame
- Yes
- Historical Owner
- #1950.000.0572
- Owner
- Ipswich Historical Society, Ipswich, MA
- Owner Private
- Ipswich Historical Society
- Name of School
- M. Fine's School, Reading, MA
