- Maker
- Bowen, Sally Martin
- Date made
- ca. 1800
- Origin
- Marblehead, MA US
- In Bolton & Co.
- No Verse #188
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 1 alphabet: missing J and U. Two vases with flowers, connected by a ribbon. Scene at bottom with grass, a goat, two trees and an urn with flowers. Reversing arcaded border up both sides and across the top. .
- Inscription
- Sally / M. Bowen / her sampler / worked in the year (????) / On Earth let my example shine / and when I leave this state / may heaven receive this soul of / mine to bliss divinely great. (Note uses the long style S). //
- Length Without Frame
- 20 14"
- Width Without Frame
- 16 1/4"
- Original Frame
- No
- Historical Owner
- #135370 Donated by Frederick W. Story Sr. in 1981
- Owner
- Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
