- Maker
- Starbuck, Mary (age 12)
- Date made
- 1808
- Origin
- Nantucket, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- O may I now forever fear / To indulge a sinful Thought / Since the great God can see and hear / An writes down every fault / (In a saw tooth stitched rectangle near the bottom): Mary Starbuck born / 10 mo third 1796 / Finished this Sampler in / the 12th year of her age / 1808 / (Below): Friends School kept by Lydia Gardner / Nantucket 2 mo 17th 1808 //
- Inscription
- O may I now forever fear / To indulge a sinful Thought / Since the great God can see and hear / And writes down every fault / (In a saw tooth rectangle in the lower section): Mary Starbuck born / 10mo third 1796 / Finished this Sampler in / the 12th year of her age / 1808 / (Below): Friends School kept by Lydia Gardner / Nantucket 2mo 17th 1808 //
- Length Without Frame
- 14 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 13 1/2"
- Historical Owner
- #1951.0029.007 Gift of Mrs. Helen Appleton
- Owner
- Nantucket Historical Association, Nantucket, MA
- Owner Private
- Nantucket Historical Association
- Name of School
- Friends School, Nantucket, MA