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  • Canvas ground embroidered with coloured wools in cross and tent stitch. Border of wavy stem with red flowers and blue leaves. At top: maker's verse, with date. Remaining field entirely worked in wools. Central motif of house flanked by pairs of motifs of Adam and Eve, the Tree of Knowledge and the serpent, bird, flowering plants, tree and dogs, with flower, tree and bird motifs above. Inscription: Anne is my name Davies is my nation Quay is my Dwelling Place and Christ is my Salvation. When I am Dead and laid in grave and all my bones are wrotten In this work you'll find my name when I'll be quite forgotten. 1889. Aged 9. Dimensions: 61 x 58 cm
Sampler, made in Clunderwen, 1889
  • Woollen canvas ground, embroidered with coloured silks in cross stitch. Border of floral wavy stem on three sides. Divided into three compartments by lines of wavy stem. Top: conventional flowering plant flanked by cornucopiae and crowned female figures symbolic of justice, holding scales in one hand and torch in the other, with religious text. In centre: Adam and Eve, tree and serpent, flying cupids, sun, moon and stars, windmill, flowering tree, animal and bird motifs. Bottom: Flowering plants, conventional trees, dogs and maker's inscription and date within outline. Inscription: Love and Fear God Elizabeth Jones April 1809 Dimensions: 42.5 x 31.5 cm
Sampler, made in Cardiff, 1809
  • Canvas ground, embroidered with coloured wools and silks in cross stitch. Elaborate floral wavy stem border. Top centre: name of school, flanked by pair of flowering plant motifs and hearts, with floral motif below and bees. In centre: Biblical verse from Proverbs chap. 4, in Welsh, , with pairs of birds, floral motifs and winged angel's heads, with hilly landscape below and maker's inscription and date. Inscription: Mrs Jones Seminary Pontypridd Diarhebion IV Bennod / Adnod 13 Ymafael mewn addysg ac na ollwng hi: cadw hi; canys dy fywyd di yw hi. Ann Davies's Work Aged 10 years 1861 Dimensions: 77.5 x 72.5 cm
Sampler, made in Pontypridd, 1861
  • Fine linen ground embroidered with coloured silks in cross stitch. Large motif of recumbent stag in centre, outlined in cross stitch and detached cross stitches scattered overall. Central motif flanked by two flowering trees, with birds ands squirrel, with strip of grass below and detached motifs of birds,stars, butterfly and insect above. At foot, maker's name and date, with band of motifs joined with stylized wavy line, including trees, birds, baskets of fruit, flowering plants and squirrels. Inscription: Elizabeth Harvey 26 Fb 1815 Dimensions: 31 x 31.5 cm
Sampler, made in Penarth, 1815
  • Fine ground fabric embroidered with coloured silks in cross stitch. Zigzag border with stylized flowers. Verse in central compartment outlined with floral motifs, with flowering tree motif above, flanked by two woolwork style peacocks in landscapes. Below: woolwork style motif of spaniel on cushion, flanked by floral motifs, crowns and stars with floral wreath below containing maker's name and date. Inscription: Sweet is the day of holy rest To earthly pilgrims given A day for which the Lord is blest By those who live for heaven And when this tabernacle stands No more beneath the sky We have in heaven not made with Hands one for eternity Mary Evans March 1 1848 Dimensions: 62 x 55 cm
Sampler, made in Aberaeron, 1848
  • Sampler featuring the following inscription: 'Humble yourselves in the sight of the Land and he shall lift you up. Margaret Davies Aged 23 June 21 1864.'
Sampler made in Wales, 1864