SOLD Mary Richardson's 1836 Jam Packed Sampler patterned native basket but I think nice to

but I think nice to have in the group as it contextualizes the others

with some wear to the leather and plastic strips and I'd guess some loss of bristles

5 3/4” x 3 7/8”  and in very good condition

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SOLD Mary Richardson's 1836 Jam Packed Sampler patterned native basket but I think nice to(Detail photos give a better sense of this one, tough to shoot through the glass.) I have tried but not been able to definitively place the Mary Richardson who completed this sampler in 1836 found in Maine and I presume American despite based on what I take for homespun linen, but I am not an expert. In any case wonderfully jam packed with alphabet and imagery and personal information and religious verse that I take as emblematic of the second Great