(NOTE: Sally uses the long and the short style S intermittently) (At the top): Sally Deane is my name, / English is my nation, / Mansfield is my dwell'g place / And Christ is my Salvation. / Our days run thotlessly along / Without a moments stay, / Just like a story or a song, / We pass our lives away. / (Near the bottom): As runs the glass / Our life doth pass / Let this be to remember me, / That I be not forgotten, / When I am dead and buried / And all my bones are rotten. (At the bottom): Love and live happy //

Maker

Deane, Sarah (Sally) (1771-1805)

Date made

ca. 1780

Origin

Mansfield, MA US

Stitches

Cross, Outline, Split, Straight

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

(At the top R) a small house. In the center panel a square with flowers, a centered hour glass and on the R a two story house. At the bottom a heart on L and R.

Inscription

(NOTE: Sally uses the long and the short style S intermittently) (At the top): Sally Deane is my name, / English is my nation, / Mansfield is my dwell'g place / And Christ is my Salvation. / Our days run thotlessly along / Without a moments stay, / Just like a story or a song, / We pass our lives away. / (Near the bottom): As runs the glass / Our life doth pass / Let this be to remember me, / That I be not forgotten, / When I am dead and buried / And all my bones are rotten. (At the bottom): Love and live happy //

Length With Frame

10"

Wdith With Frame

8.125"

Historical Owner

#1953.36 Donated to the Old Colony Historical Society in 1953

Owner

Old Colony Historical Society, Taunton, MA

Owner Private

Old Colony Historical Society