(near the top): When a few years are come then I shall go / The way whence I shall not return Job 16& 22 / (Near the bottom L): Remember now thy / Creator in ? (On R): the days of thy youth / while evil days come / not / Mary Ann Thornton Aged nine years sept 6 (above) th 1835 //

Maker

Mary Ann Thornton (age 9)

Date made

1835

Origin

England

Stitches

Cross,

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

2 alphabets: both with J and U. Numbers 1-17. Mirror image sampler (all motifs are exactly the same on both the L and the R side): many baskets and pots of flowers, strawberries, geometric trees, crowns, coronets, triangle. Various cross bands. Reversing single flower border all four sides.

Inscription

(near the top): When a few years are come then I shall go / The way whence I shall not return Job 16& 22 / (Near the bottom L): Remember now thy / Creator in ? (On R): the days of thy youth / while evil days come / not / Mary Ann Thornton Aged nine years sept 6 (above) th 1835 //

Length Without Frame

17 1/4"

Width Without Frame

13 1/4"

Owner

Historical Society of Old Newbury, Newburyport, MA

Owner Private

Historical Society of Old Newbury