- Maker
- Watson, Elizabeth (age 13)
- Date made
- 1801
- Origin
- England
- Stitches
- Cross, Eyelet,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- A stylized mirror image sampler (both sides are the same). Top row has a tree, a stag, small basket of flowers motif on both sides. In the center a basket with foliage. The middle row has a bird on a branch and a basket of geometric flowers with the verse and other small motifs in the center. The bottom row has various trees and birds with a gazebo with a bird perched on top in the center. An inner diamond shaped border with an outer arcaded carnation border all four sides.
- Inscription
- Next unto God my parents I address / My self to you in humble thankfulness / For all your care and charge on me bestow / The means of learning unto me allow'd / Go on I pray and let me still pursue / Those Golden Arts the vulgar never knew / And may the grace of god on me attend / In all my works untill (sp) my life is at an end. / Elizabeth Watson Her Work Fins'd / Octer the 13 Aged 11 1801 //
- Length Without Frame
- 17 1/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 13 1/4"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Owner
- Historical Society of Old Newbury, Newburyport, MA
