The Scarlet Letter
N3157 Lundt Road
Helenville, WI
53137
262-593-8470
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scarlet-letter.com
MARY HOLTBY HER WORK DONE AGED 12 IN 1823
A Christmas sampler

When this you see
Remember me x xi
Though many miles
We distant be xxi
A charge to keep I have xi
A God to glorify xxxxi
A never dying soul to save
And fit it for the sky xxi[>
The sampler is surrounded by a four sided, arcaded floral border. Executed with fine wool and silk, very good color and condition (some darkening of background linen). The sampler appears to have been conservation mounted in a very good period bird's eye maple frame. Sampler itself 16"x20", with frame 19-1/2" x 23".$850
Price: $850.00