(Verse: in a varicolored saw tooth cartouche): What is it shews my soul the way / To climes of everlasting day / And tells the danger of delay / My Bible / What teaches me Im bound to love / The glorious God who reigns above / My Bible / What tells me that I soon must die / And to the throne of judgment fly / T o meet the Great Jehovahs eye / My Bible / / / (Name in a flowered cartouche at the bottom): Ann Miller / Newbury / 1824

Maker

Miller, Ann (age 10)

Date made

1824

Origin

Newbury, England

Stitches

Cross over 2, Satin, Straight.

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

Motif sampler with various flowers in urns and baskets. Squirrels, birds, animals. Adam and Eve at bottom L. A shepherd tending his flock on the R. Arcaded strawberry border all four sides.

Inscription

(Verse: in a varicolored saw tooth cartouche): What is it shews my soul the way / To climes of everlasting day / And tells the danger of delay / My Bible / What teaches me Im bound to love / The glorious God who reigns above / My Bible / What tells me that I soon must die / And to the throne of judgment fly / T o meet the Great Jehovahs eye / My Bible / / / (Name in a flowered cartouche at the bottom): Ann Miller / Newbury / 1824

Length Without Frame

16"

Width Without Frame

13"

Historical Owner

#9597 (Catalog available at www.dupinternational.org)

Owner

Pioneer Memorial Museum, Salt Lake City, UT