- Maker
- Perkins, Lucy
- Date made
- 1792
- Origin
- Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 2 uppercase alphabets: both missing J, with an ampersand. Simple stitched lines and narrow cross bands. At the bottom are two flowers blooming in a green hilly field. Reversing arcaded acorn border all four sides.
- Inscription
- (On the L): When snow descend, and robes the fields / In winters bright array / Touched by the sun the lustre fades / And weeps itself away / Fresh in the morn the summer rose / Hangs withering ere tis noon / We scarce enjoy the balmy gift / But mourn the pleasure gone. / (On the R): When Spring appears ?when violets blow / And shed a rich Perfume / How soon the fragrance breathes its last / How short lived is the bloom. / With gilding fire an evening star / Streaks the autumnal skies / Shook from the sphere it darts away / And in an instant dies / (Note: a song by Supply Belcher 1750-1819)) LIVERPOOL NOVA SCOTIA LUCY PERKINS / PIECE MARCH 8 1792 //
- Length Without Frame
- 65.90cm
- Width Without Frame
- 59.60cm
- Historical Owner
- #H.1982.430 Gift
- Owner
- Museums of Old York, York, ME
- Owner Private
- Museums of Old York