- 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