Object Description
Antique Sampler, 1747 by Dorothy Newton. The sampler is worked in silk on linen ground. Simple line border. Colours green & cream. Alphabets A-Z in upper case and lower case and numbers 1-20 Verse reads, ‘Happy is the man that findeth wisdom and< the man that getteth understanding For the< merchandise of it is better than the < merchandise of silver and the gain thereof< than Fine gold she is more precious than ru