- Maker
- Unknown
- Date made
- 1853
- Origin
- US
- Stitches
- Cross over 2, Tent, Fly.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Wool
- Embroidery Thread
- Cotton
- Predominent Motif
- 2 alphabets: each complete. Numbers 1-8 and 9-12. Various decorative small cross bands. Small cat motif. A bird sitting on a flower spray on both the L and R bottom. A filled area center bottom. An inner and outer border all four sides. Sampler is unfinished.
- Inscription
- (On R on line 4): April. 1853. cat. (At the center): When thou art on the rolling ocean / Remember me with fond emotion.
- Length Without Frame
- 16 1/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 17"
- Historical Owner
- #1963.25.41 Gift of the estate of Helen E. Royce
- Owner
- Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, CT
- Owner Private
- Connecticut Historical Society
