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1876 Jemima Stuart sampler 19TH-CENTURY-SCOTTISH-ALPHABET-MOTIF-SAMPLER-BY-JEMIMA-JEANNIE-STUART-1876-381103972116 |
Twelve photos of a sampler, as yet uncharted. Dated 1876. Two sets of initals in a frame, JSJB and JJS. Name Jemima Jeannie Stuart, Mill of Crannah, Marnoch July 26th 1876. Other initials CB MB CB MA. A larger and smaller uppercase alphabet and small lowTwelve photos of a sampler, as yet uncharted. Dated 1876. Two sets of initals in a frame, JSJB and JJS. Name Jemima Jeannie Stuart, Mill of Crannah, Marnoch July 26th 1876. Other initials CB MB CB MA. A larger and smaller alphabet and various small motifs. Images donated by ebay seller cockleheart, edited by Sytske Wijnsma, not charted yet. |
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1825 Ann Hollins sampler EARLY-19TH-CENTURY-SAMPLER-BY-ANN-HOLLINS-1825-381104996861 |
Twelve photos of a sampler, not yet charted. Dated 1824. Flower borders, trees, potted plants, birds, animals, crowns, and a verse: "This is to let you know and see what care my parents took of me, This work in hand my friends will have, when I am dead and in my grave." Images donated by ebay seller cockleheart, edited by Sytske Wijnsma, not charted yet. |
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1835 sampler EARLY-19TH-CENTURY-SAMPLER-BY-ANN-MIDDLEMISS-AGED-11-1835-381103939683 |
Small sampler, wool on linen, with heavy damage (rodents most likely, moths eat the wool only). The sampler starts off with listing William & Betty Middlemiss / Anthony & Elizabeth Middlemiss / Martha Middlemiss (probably family members). Next two alphabets and one set of numbers between lines, and a text This Piece of work my friends may have when i am dead and in my grave, Ann Middlemiss aged 11 years 1835. The text runs through the right hand margin. The bottom part is a potted flower and two baskets of roses, and one crown at the right hand side. Possibly the sampler wasn't finished. Images donated by ebay seller cockleheart, edited by Sytske Wijnsma. |
E-CO003 M NC012 Alphabet Sampler Embroidery Cross-stitch CO
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1876 Jessie Carswell sampler 19TH-CENTURY-SCOTTISH-MOTIF-SAMPLER-BY-JESSIE-CARSWELL-1876-381103922002 |
Small sampler with upper- and lowercase alphabet, name and date. Symmetrical design, potted flowers, trees, fruits, birds in trees, small animals. Images donated by ebay seller cockleheart, edited by Sytske Wijnsma, not charted yet. |
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1808 Gift Sampler to Mary Whyman SMALL-EARLY-19TH-CENTURY-GIFT-SAMPLER-FROM-REBECCA-GIDDINGS-TO-MARY-WHYMAN-1808-381104878280 |
Sampler embroidered with wool and silk (judging from the gleam on the photographs) on linen. Top is an inscription with two potted flowers: A long farewell since we must part / Receive my fond adieu / Believe me Mary I oft shall sigh / And drop A tear for you. A floral border and then a symmetrical bottom part with trees, flowers, small animals, and an elaborate building on top of a hill, with trees with each its own bird at the side, and a vessel with a flame inside the building. Images donated by ebay seller cockleheart, edited by Sytske Wijnsma. |
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1843 sampler SMALL-MOTIF-SAMPLER-BY-MARY-BRADSHAW-AGED-10-1843-381103873016 |
Small sampler, wool on linen, with a moth-eaten alphabet at the top, symmetrical flowers and trees with birds in them, a basket of roses, and a poem: "The leaves are green the rose is red Here is my work when I am dead." Mary Bradshaw aged 10 years 1843. Images donated by ebay seller cockleheart, edited by Sytske Wijnsma. |
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Margaret Evans sampler 19TH-CENTURY-HOUSE-DOG-HORSE-MOTIF-SAMPLER-BY-MARGARET-EVANS-BORN-1861-381342488229 |
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1872 M Fowler sampler MID-19TH-CENTURY-FLORAL-SAMPLER-BY-M-FOWLER-1872-381342496663 |
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1864 Mary Augusta Gray sampler MID-19TH-CENTURY-SAMPLER-BY-MARY-AUGUSTA-GRAY-1864-381349208140 |
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1820 Mary Ann Fleet sampler SMALL-EARLY-19TH-CENTURY-VERSE-SAMPLER-BY-MARY-ANN-FLEET-AGED-9-c-1820-1830-381342476545 |
Fragment of a text sampler. It originally had a border around three sides that has been removed. What remains are three stanzas from a song exhorting young ladies not to rely on their good looks. The song is number 118 shown in a book from 1785, The Humming Bird, available in archive.org, https://archive.org/details/hummingbirdacol00birdgoog/page/n316/mode/2up The sampler text uses an f instead of the long s. The printed text shows the letters are very slightly different. Images donated by ebay seller cockleheart, edited by Sytske Wijnsma |
F-CO004 F MB03C Sampler Embroidery Cross-stitch CO
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Parrot on flower spray LATE-19TH-CENTURY-WOOL-WORK-SAMPLER-OF-A-PARROT-FLORAL-SPRAY-c-1890-381528334681 |
Small Berlin Woolwork embroidery, probably end 19thC, unfortunately much discolored. A parrot sitting on a flower spray with roses. Images donated by ebay seller cockleheart, edited by Sytske Wijnsma. Not charted yet. |
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