Antique Samplers

AMELIA WILSON  1837A very finely stitched English sampler in superb condition with an unusual pomegranate and palm leaf border, executed in three tiers.  The top contains a verse flanked by intricate floral sprays and beneath the verse are more meticulously stitched foliate sprays and a vignette of a small pond with a swimming duck.The verse…

AGNES BINNIE 1824 Scottish sampler made in Linlithgow, West Lothian, in 1824. Agnes Binnie was born in nearby Stirling on March 22nd, 1808. Her father was Robert Binnie, age 45, and her mother was Mary Addie, age 34. At the age of 23 Agnes married James Barclay on March 16th, 1832, in Falkirk, Stirlingshire. Together…

MARTHA MASKELL 1799 A miniature sampler that could be American, stitched in silk on linen. The verse is: Salvation to the Lord belongs He only can defend This clessing he extends to all That on his pow’r depends Excellent original color, gilt frame possibly original 8″ x 6″

Very finely stitched English sampler featuring a verse titled “RELIGION” and many charming motifs, surrounded by a four sided vining border. At the top she has stitched Adam and Eve under the tree, a small rendition of Solomon’s Temple, trees, flowers, sheep and a dog. In the lower right corner there is a shepherd and…

Beautiful, finely stitched English sampler with a meandering four sided floral border centering three registers, the first with trumpeting angels flanking a religious verse with tiny birds and insects over a petit point diving band.

A wonderful sampler, possibly stitched in the north of England (see Scottish influences), with silk and fine wool on tammy cloth, using cross and counted satin stitches. It is marked “Elizabeth Cheetham work this in the 11 year of her age.” This might be one Elizabeth Cheetham who was born in 1813 to James and…

Scottish sampler with a four sided rosebud border, and the large illuminated initials of JF and JK at the top, very likely May’s parents.  The verse is flanked by two stylized deer (more resembling benches than animals). The verse is: Favour is deceitful and beauty is vain but a woman that feareth the lord she…

GERMAN (SAXON) BAND SAMPLER, DATED 1795 This extraordinary band sampler begins with a large parrot on a branch eating cherries, followed by four successive pictorial, allegorical bands.  Twenty-one horizontal rows of various stylized alphabets and crown motifs follow, by six final horizontal bands composed of flowers and vines.  The color is very good (the colors…

ELEANOR MILLS BORN 13 DAY OF APRIL IN 1792 A four-sided border surrounds a series of horizontal pattern bands  including flowering plants, birds, and honeysuckle above a four-line verse: Remember Lord thy Creature in distress Comfort Me for I am ComfortLess, Pardon my sin Before this world I leave that I a crown of Glory…

ELIZA WATSON AGED 18, 1857 ADAM AND EVE IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN A large mid 19th century English sampler stitched with brightly colored Berlin wool on a canvas ground, featuring Adam and Eve under the Tree of Life with dark blue cherubs flying overhead.  This quirky sampler,  stitched by an older girl, is in…

Featuring the initials TT and ID Executed in cross, eyelet, and double running stitches, this sampler features a popular motif of a standing fountain with two birds, possibly doves, with wings outstretched, perched on the bowl.  There is a wreath of leaves enclosing the fountain. This may have been intended to represent the Fountain of…

This English sampler has been stitched on very fine linen with a four sided floral border centering a scene with a girl walking a country road with a cottage in the right background and possibly a twenty mile marker on the left.  She is carrying a basket and a walking stick.  Two elaborate flower baskets…