CURRENT SELECTION OF ANTIQUE SAMPLERS


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33 antique samplers just added
to our website!

 

Caroline Darling

Marlborough, Middlesex County,  
Massachusetts, 1819

Margaret Kibbe

Somers, Tolland County,
Connecticut, 1806

Hannah Horsfall

Ackworth School,
Yorkshire, England, 1809

Sarah Ann Bunker

Fayette County,
Pennsylvania, 1836

Louisa M. Abey

Baltimore, Maryland, 1826

Lucinda Irene Cole

White County, Indiana, 1868

Eliza A. Fulton

“Fruit and Flowers” Sampler,
Cecil County, Maryland, 1834

Mary Cannon

New Windsor, Orange County,
New York, 1834

Elizabeth Colton

Pharoah’s Daughter Finding Moses in the Basket,
England, 1839

Maria Carpmail

England, 1796

Elizabeth Mary Cole

England, circa 1805

Hannah Kirk

probably Pennsylvania, 1826

Whitework Pictorial Sampler

Basket of Flowers with Eight Vignettes, 
Northern Europe, initialed M. N., circa 1780

Sophia Penniman

New Bedford, Bristol County,
Massachusetts, 1822

Mary Marston

 Bath, Sagadahoc County,
Maine, 1820

Fatima Cushing

Scituate, Plymouth County,
Massachusetts, circa 1817

Hannah Lewis

Southeastern Pennsylvania, 1812

Maria Dolores Palma Y Montero

Mexico City, Mexico, 1826

Amy H. Holcombe

Mt. Airy, Hunterdon County,
New Jersey, 1836

Pair of Samplers by E. Faith

England, dated 1815

Mary Crandal

North Stonington, New London County,
Connecticut, 1816

Buttonhole Sampler

initialed MIH,
Germany, dated 1788

Caroline Atkins

Deal, Kent, England, 1839

Mary Lippincott

Burlington County,
New Jersey, 1821

Mary Jane Hale

Lewistown, Mifflin County,
Pennsylvania, 1825 - 26

Sophia Rittenhouse

Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania, circa 1820

Elizabeth Good

Philadelphia area,
Pennsylvania, 1831

Elizabeth Bower

Mansfield, Nottinghamshire,
England, 1799

Martha Nutting

Jaffrey, Cheshire County,
New Hampshire, 1826

Sally E. Hills

Merrimack, Hillsborough County,
New Hampshire, 1820

Rachel Matlack

Burlington County, New Jersey, 1784

Mary Treen

Rugby, Warwickshire,
England,1832

Priscilla Cosburn Pearse

Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire,
England, 1803

Sarah ann Vandegrift

Bensalem, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania, 1817

Katharine Randolph Vail

 Green Brook, Somerset County,
New Jersey, 1828

Pictorial Sampler, School of Mrs. Mary Ralston,

Easton, Northampton County,
Pennsylvania, circa 1830

Catharina Schwartz

Pennsylvania, 1832

Martha M. Turner

John St Sewing School,
Providence, Rhode Island, 1853

“Pot Holder”, initialed N. D.

 American, 18th century

Catharine Ritter,

Reading, Pennsylvania, 1833

Convent Knitting Sampler

Alsace, France, circa 1890

Mary Appleton

 Ackworth School, Yorkshire, England, circa 1827

Margaret Watt

M. Leslie Mitchell’s School, Rora,
Aberdeen, Scotland, 1848

Hannah Erden

England, 1817

H. Frost, Darning Sampler,

Sudbury, Suffolk, England, 1790

Jane Nunn,

England, 1815

Elizabeth Ecklee

Mrs. Hill’s Academy,
Kempsey, Worcestershire, England, 1804

 

Eliza Axford,

Carrfield House, England, 1831

Amelia Powell

England, 1829

Matilda Rosianna Hoover

Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio, 1837

Alphabet and Motif Sampler

initialed I.R.,
Scotland, 1793

Sally S. Smith,

Probably New England, United States, 1836

Sophia Crow

Sion House, Hatfield,
Peverell, Essex, England, 1829

Caroline McVaugh,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1820

Darning Sampler,

Netherlands, 1824

Les Pensionnaires Pieuse,

France, circa 1820

Mary Jane Sarrell,

“The Watch”, England, 1849

Susanna Hickson,

Leicestershire, England, 1783

Parrot Embroidery on Paper,

probably English, circa 1820

Elizabeth McCoy,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1813

Ann Cass,

Brompton-by-Sawdon,
Yorkshire, England, 1773

Catharine Bickel,

Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1827

Woolwork Picture, Bray Church,

Near Maidenhead, Berkshire, England,
circa 1850

Exotic Bird on a Basket of Berries,

 England, circa 1850

Silk Embroidery of Pictorial Motifs,

Germany, circa 1830

Mercy Kemp,

Yalding, Kent, England, 1814

Plushwork Bouquet of Flowers,

United States, circa 1850

Julia Ann Knox,

Family Record Sampler,
Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1837

Mary Donnoghue,

Boston, Massachusetts, 1827

Band Sampler,

MEK, United Kingdom, 1732

(left) front of 1732 sampler initialled MEK
(right) reverse of 1732 sampler initialled MEK
Flower Basket with Darning Squares,

England, circa 1800

 

Rowbottom samplers,

England, 1825 and 1828

Basket of Flowers Needlework Picture

United States, circa 1840

Lamb of God Sampler,

Netherlands, 1926

Pair of Handheld English Fire Screens

with Rosewood Handles, circa 1840

CCHF, Pictorial Motif Sampler

Hamburg, Germany, 1823

“The Wheat Sheaf Inn Posting House and Family Inn”,

England, circa 1840