Item: Mourning Sampler dated 1885

Reference #: 5357

Status: sold

Dimensions: approx. 18 inches by 22 inches

Condition: all original and very good; minor soiling and some paint loss to side of frame

Year: dated 1885

Description: Mourning samplers are very hard to find.  On the tomb is a very moving verse:  "sacred to the memory of Maggie;  Eldest and beloved Daughter of J and M Wilson who died at Sunlaws Home Farm 3rd August 1885 aged 20 years;  Asleep in Jesus blessed sleep from which none ever wakes to weep;  We shall meet to part no more on the Resurrection Morn"   

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