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Makers / Maker's Age: Hesketh, Elizabeth (1805-1857) (age 15)
Date Made: 1820
Origin: Hindly, England
School / Teacher:
Stitches: Cross,
Embroidery Thread: Silk
Foundation Cloth: Linen
Dimensions: w x h
Owner: Mormon Church History Museum , Salt Lake City, UT www.history.lds.org
Inscriptions:
Predominant Motif: Sampler includes three buildings, a church, and at the bottom a house on the L and another church on the R. One wide octagon cross band. Figures of a man and four women. Many trees, birds, flowers in baskets and on stems, a row of eight pointed stars, and one crown. Across the bottom four military ships, an indication of England's maritime power. Arcaded strawberry border all four sides.
History of Owner: LDS 86-382-1 Brought across the plains by Grace Leptrot Rigby in 1863.
Published in american samplers by bolton & COE, 1921No