NEWBURY MASSACHUSETTS NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
Elisabeth Gerrish Was Born Dec. 17th 1772 Age 11 years
alphabets and poem, baskets, trees, featuring multicolored parrots and long tailed black birds, 22 by 17 in. (sight), gilt frame under glass
Poem reads: Swift as the sun revolves the day we hasten to the dead slaves to the wind we puff away and to the ground we tread
Along with genealogy research, including family of Elisabeth's husband, Benjamin Pierce, also from Newbury/Essex, whom she married in 1792.
See a similar example in Betty Ring's 'Girlhood Embroidery', page 116, figure 129, which suggests samplers containing these particular birds were done by students of Ann Waters.
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Realized: $2,200 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 79 : NEWBURY MASSACHUSETTS NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
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