sampler

Object/Artifact

Historical Society of Carroll County, Maryland

Name/Title

sampler

Entry/Object ID

1991.060.002

Description

Sampler. A: sampler, silk thread on linen, block and script alphabets, numbers and verse, pair of birds, floral motifs above: Eliza Jane Devilbiss's Sampler Worked in the 12th year of her age / 1848 Sam's Creek Frederick County Maryland / Finished October the 6th", saying at bottom of sampler reads, "Forget me not when far away / And o'er this toilsome world you stray / Remember me forever true / To love to friendship and to you / And should you in your hour of bliss / E'er find a friend more true than this / what ere may be they happy lot / I still must say forget me not.", strawberry border, 17.75" x 17". B: frame, wood, painted dark; still has backing board, covered with linen, on which sampler had been mounted.

Acquisition

Accession

1991.060

Source or Donor

Foresman, Ethel E.

Acquisition Method

Gift