(Set with printers ink and printed on silk): Sacred / TO THE MEMORY OF ? MRS. SARAH BULFINCH, / wife of Noah Harding who died March 23d, 1809, aged 45 years / AND / SIMON HARDING / who died April 15th, 1805, aged 2 years / AND / ELIZA ANN HARDING / who died June 24th 1804, aged 5 months. / God out of tender pity calls the infant home. (On the base): MRS. SARAH B. HARDING. SIMON & ELIZA HARDING (followed by a religious verse).

Maker

Harding, Eliza

Date made

ca. 1822

Origin

Portland, ME US

Stitches

Satin, French Knot, Couched satin.

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Silk

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

Large urn on a plinth & base. Large weeping willow, a deciduous tree, a pond and plants in the foreground with houses and a sailing ship in the background. Typical of Misses Mayo School in Portland, Maine is the winged cherub, usually found on the urn. Here it hovers in the sky instead.

Inscription

(Set with printers ink and printed on silk): Sacred / TO THE MEMORY OF ? MRS. SARAH BULFINCH, / wife of Noah Harding who died March 23d, 1809, aged 45 years / AND / SIMON HARDING / who died April 15th, 1805, aged 2 years / AND / ELIZA ANN HARDING / who died June 24th 1804, aged 5 months. / God out of tender pity calls the infant home. (On the base): MRS. SARAH B. HARDING. SIMON & ELIZA HARDING (followed by a religious verse).

Length Without Frame

18 1/2"

Length With Frame

21 1/4"

Width Without Frame

20 1/2"

Wdith With Frame

25 1/2"q

Historical Owner

Purchased from the Betty Ring collection, Sotheby's 2012

Owner

Collection of Dan & Marty Campanelli

Owner Private

Dan & Marty Campanelli

Name of School

Misses Mayo School, Portland, ME