Early silk on linen sampler with 8 verses top half and

NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, top half with six alphabet rows segmented by decorative stitching above a four-row verse of "How blest the [M]aid whom circling

American Needlework Sampler by Polly Hurd, Aged 8, 1787silk thread on course linen ground, possibly Watertown, MA, having alphabet and numerals, verse, and pictorial designs with animals and birds alo

Framed Silk on Linen Sampler, with alphabet and verse, wrought by Gennet Hubbell, 11 years old, September 18, 1827, with five forms of alphabet, verse below: "behold the tears that Mary shed, her many

HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS MEMORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, six alphabet and numeral rows segmented by decorative stitching above two four-row verses, lower half with an oval vignette of two

LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA ATTRIBUTED PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, top with four-row verse from a religious hymn, surrounded by various motifs including flowers, butterflies, and baskets,

CLINTON CO., OHIO PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, top with four-line verse of "It is sweet at twilights pensive hours / To tread the vernal sod / Or wander to some fragrant bower / And th

English Needlework Silk on Linen Embroidered SamplerWorked by Mary A. Butcher, early 19th C. with a religious verse within a floral and butterfly decorated border.Stains, wear.Provenance: Property Fro

AMERICAN / BRITISH NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, six alphabet and numeral rows segmented by bands of decorative stitching, lower half featuring a six-line verse titled "On Filial Duty", surrounde

EARLY 19TH CENTURY NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER ON LINEN - MARY CASH HER WORK AGE 9, 1812 - FLORAL BOARDER, RELIGIOUS VERSE AT CENTER TOP OVER POTTED PLANTS, BIRDS, BUTTERFLIES, DOGS AND BUILDING - IN A GLIT MO

Three early to mid 19th century samplers, all in silk, linen and/or cotton on linen grounds, the first dated 1817 by Mary Ann Callow, having several registers of alphabet and numbers above a verse, te

AMERICAN / BRITISH PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, signed in the top center "Mary Wills / Aged 11 Years / 1835" above a six-row verse, flanked by various motifs including flowers, eight-p

Undated but circa 1820-40 with polychrome silk on linen with E die I.S. above bird on branch and rabbit with floral surround, in original pine ogee frame, 7 1/8 x 5" high. Condition Fine.

Alpha-numberic sampler with running strawberry border, (4) verses, houses and flowering trees. 25 x 21 inches. silk on linen. Under the instruction of Miss Maria M. Street at the age of 8 years Septem

Mary Seymour, possibly Ohio, 1815, silk on linen. Central flowers and birds, with alphabet and number lines above and a verse below, and with "Mary Seymour aged 8 years 1815." In a later frame, 18.5"

First half 19th century, silk and cotton on linen. Alphabets, sailing ship, house, couple and flowers with short verse and "Jamya F__ of _and M Hetherington Ad. 14". Loss. Framed, 16"h. 14"w.

Stitched on linen, Ann Kitchens Work, Aged 8, 1842 below a tree of life, double baskets of fruit, , top portion with Alphabet and numbers, mounted in a birds eye frame, some loss, staining

British, 19th century, each silk on linen sampler with verse within floral border: one signed "Alleis Calveart...1801", Adam and Eve below the Tree of Knowledge, birds, floral urns, and trees, sight 1

Silk on linen sampler with verse, wrought by Susanna Evans 1824, with birds, flowers, animals and vine border. 21" x 18.5" ss / 24.5" x 21.25" oa

Early 19th Century Silk on Linen Pictorial Sampler. Signed Laura G. Porter. (b. 1794, d. 1820). Depicts a young lady holding a cornucopias of flowers and a sickle, with painted features. In a molded f

Catherine Esbenshade, Lancaster County, PA, 1822, silk on linen. Large sampler, with a central verse, surrounded by an eagle and flowers, and with the family record below. In a period frame, 29" high,

Wrought in several different bands of needlework ABC's and numbers, needlework displayed on another linen-like backdrop, signed Martha Maria Bainbridge, needlework measures 16 x 14'', modern frame mea

Silk on linen sampler with A,B,Cs and verse, dated 1833, wrought by Martha Sarah Drakford, 16 3/4" x 16 3/4" (overall)

Wrought in several different rows of needlework art, hemmed edges, needlework displayed on another linen-like backdrop, signed illegibly, period frame (appears to have been reframed many years ago) me

HONEY BROOK, CHESTER CO., PENNSYLVANIA PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, silk on linen, top center signed "Sarah Stanley Brown / Born July 16 18" bordered by a floral garland and flanked by bird motifs ov