Genealogy Chat

Lots of lovely samplers for sale on ebay by children giving names and years.

Childs 19th cent Antique Sampler Mary Cecilia Gibson By Sarah Ann Wright Ketton - Aged 12 years - 1861 Early Georgian Sampler. Mary Ann Leaselles Osbourn 1806 - 19thC Georgian sampler by Sarah Barber aged seven years 19thC Antique House Sampler by Julia Page 1855,stitched on fine linen CHILDS SAMPLER DATED FEBUARY 21, 1890. BY ETHEL CURRY AGE 11.

Nice one, Carol. Unfortunately none of them are mine, but if they were I would certainly be putting in a bid.

nudge, please have a look on ebay at these samplers and the work that went into making them. Carol

THIS IS A LOVELY 19TH CENTURY SAMPLER MADE IN 1861 BY SARAH ANNE WRIGHT KETTON AGED 12. SHE HAS STITCHED A WONDERFUL SAMPLER; BOTH DECORATIVELY AND SENTIMENTALLY. THE SAMPLER READS: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF GEORGE WRIGHT WHO DIED NOV 8 1858 AGED 61 BE YE ALSO READY FOR IN SUCH AN HOUR AS YE THINK NOT THE SON OF MAN COMETH - 1861 FOR MY LOVING SISTER FANNY WRIGHT 1861 SARAH ANN WRIGHT KETTON AGED 12 YEARS THE LAST ENEMY THAT SHALL BE DESTROYED IS DEATH THE SAMPLER LOOKS TO BE EMBROIDERED IN WOOL ON LINEN. AT THE TOP ARE CORONETS, HEARTS, FLOWERS AND BIRDS IN THE BUSH. A GREEK KEY PATTERN US STITCHED ACROSS A THIRD OF THE WAY DOWN THE SAMPLER; NICELY SETTING UP A WONDERFUL CENTRAL AREA DEVOTED TO FIGURAL EXOTIC BIRDS, WINDMILLS, BIRDS PECKING AT BUSHES, BASKETS LAID WITH FRUIT AND A CENTRAL TREE OF LIFE ALL EMBLEMATIC OF LIFE AND BOUNTY. THE LOWER DEDICATION IS BANDED BETWEEN TWO FORMS OF NEEDLEWORK. THE BOTTOM HAS TOPIARY, FLOWERS IN POTS, BIRDS PECKING BUSHES AND MORE CORONETS. THE COLOURS ARE SURPRISINGLY BOLD AND THE SAMPLER HAS RETAINED MUCH OF ITS COLOUR. THE CONDITION OF THIS PIECE IS VERY GOOD. NO APPARENT STAINING. ONE VERY OLD REPAIR IS EVIDENT TO THE TOP LEFT. THE SAMPLER IS CONTAINED WITHIN AN OAK FRAME AND IS HELD BEHIND GLASS. THE FRAME MEASURES 18 INCHES BY 18 INCHES. THIS IS A PARTICULARLY NICE EXAMPLE OF A 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH SAMPLER, PRODUCED WITH SIMPLICITY AND CLARITY BY A 12 YEAR OLD GIRL IN 1861..

you need to put antique samplers, this one is £950 A superb example of an English sampler in excellent condition. Made by Ann Collins aged 14 years. The verse on this is quite different from the usual religious ones and reads as follows..... On seeing a young lady weep at reading paradise lost. Cease to lament Eve's fall, with tearfull eyes, Her fault should make, succeeding daughters wise. Yet view the sex,e'en now they thoughtless stray; Where wild imprudence points the devious way. Art's abject slaves, capricious fashion's tools, The dupes of gamblers, and the sport of fools. Let conscious virtue o'er your heart preside, Control each thought, and every action guide Then in your breast shall Eden bloom anew, and long lost paradise, revive in you. Ann Collins Aged 14 years August 26th AD 1832

I find that some of these samplers have links to Genes Members.

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