1768 Sampler by Elizabeth Haycock - For Sale

1768 Sampler by Elizabeth Haycock
Price: $550.00
George III, dated 1768 1768 Sampler by Elizabeth Haycock. Unframed, and stitched to paper. The sampler is worked in a silk-like thread on canvas ground, in cross stitch throughout. No border, divider lines in various patterns. Colours black, cream, yellow, light brown, light blue and green. Alphabets A-Z in upper case and numbers 1-12. Inscription reads ''REmemBeR noW> THY CReATOR In THY> DAYS OF THY YOuTH> SERVe GOD AnD Be> CHeARFuLL''. Signed and dated ''ELISABeTH HAYCOCK 1768'' the last number of the date is stitched in a different color, so could have possibly been stitched at a later date. Three crown motifs. Good. No holes. Slight pulling of ground in one place. Three stain specks to the edge of the sampler. No stitch losses, a couple of loose stitches. Colours are slightly faded, but still well defined. No colour run. 16.5ins by 8.5ins wide

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PO Box 2185
Wickford
England-SS11 9AB
United Kingdom
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