Lot 655

A Small & Pretty Floral Sampler by Susanna Meller aged 14 and dated 1759. Stitched with a basket of flowers raised on a mound from which other floral motifs wind around the stem and having verse reading ‘With my needle this I wrought, And finished with a virgin thought’, 12” x 6¾” (30 cm x 17 cm) excluding frame.

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Description

A Small & Pretty Floral Sampler by Susanna Meller aged 14 and dated 1759. Stitched with a basket of flowers raised on a mound from which other floral motifs wind around the stem and having verse reading ‘With my needle this I wrought, And finished with a virgin thought’, 12” x 6¾” (30 cm x 17 cm) excluding frame.