1795 'On Temperance' Sampler by Mary Poynton. Framed in an old maple frame with gilt slip and glass. Mounted to conservator standards on acid free card with chipboard backing. The sampler is worked in silk and wool on canvas ground, in a variety of stitches. Meandering floral border. Colours greens, cream, yellow, pale blue, pink, purple, browns and black. Verses read 'All you my Friends which now expect to fee>A peece of needle work Performd by me>Caft but a smile on this my mean Endeavour>Ill strive to mend and be obedient ever' one titled 'On Temperance' 'Its to thy rules O temperence that we owe>All pleasures which from health or strength can flow>Vigour of body purity of mind>Unclouded reason sentiments refind' and 'The Lord my pafture fhall prepare>And feed me with a fhepherds care>his prefence fhall my wants fupply>And guard me with a watchful eye>My noon day walks he fhall attend>And all my midnight hours defend>Thy friendly crook fhall give me aid>And guide me through the dreadful fhade' and 'Our life is a dream>Our time as a ftream> clides fwiftly away>The fugitive moment>Refufes to ftay.' Signed and dated 'Mary Paynton Sept. 14 1795'. A wonderful set of motifs, some finely embroidered, including a fir tree with a shepherd and shepherdess watching over their flock of sheep, lions, potted flowering plants, rabbits, deer, fruit baskets and insects.
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Dimensions
17.5ins high by 15.5ins wide
Circa Date
George III, dated 1795
Description
1795 'On Temperance' Sampler by Mary Poynton. Framed in an old maple frame with gilt slip and glass. Mounted to conservator standards on acid free card with chipboard backing. The sampler is worked in silk and wool on canvas ground, in a variety of stitches. Meandering floral border. Colours greens, cream, yellow, pale blue, pink, purple, browns and black. Verses read 'All you my Friends which now expect to fee>A peece of needle work Performd by me>Caft but a smile on this my mean Endeavour>Ill strive to mend and be obedient ever' one titled 'On Temperance' 'Its to thy rules O temperence that we owe>All pleasures which from health or strength can flow>Vigour of body purity of mind>Unclouded reason sentiments refind' and 'The Lord my pafture fhall prepare>And feed me with a fhepherds care>his prefence fhall my wants fupply>And guard me with a watchful eye>My noon day walks he fhall attend>And all my midnight hours defend>Thy friendly crook fhall give me aid>And guide me through the dreadful fhade' and 'Our life is a dream>Our time as a ftream> clides fwiftly away>The fugitive moment>Refufes to ftay.' Signed and dated 'Mary Paynton Sept. 14 1795'. A wonderful set of motifs, some finely embroidered, including a fir tree with a shepherd and shepherdess watching over their flock of sheep, lions, potted flowering plants, rabbits, deer, fruit baskets and insects.
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