- Maker
- Burch, Mary (age 11)
- Date made
- early 1800's
- Origin
- US
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: each complete. lower case has long style S. Various narrow stitched lines. Numbers 1-10. At the bottom motifs of a carnation a bowl, a cup with a handle, a tea pot and two other.
- Inscription
- (On bottom L): Mary Burch's sampler / Wrought in the 11th year / of her age / (On the R): This work is done / That you may see / The care my guard/ians / Took of me //
- Length Without Frame
- 7 1/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 18"
- Historical Owner
- #1955.48.38b Gift of Dr. James.
- Owner
- Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD
- Owner Private
- Maryland Historical Society