1767 MARY GARDNER NANTUCKET SAMPLER, silk on linen worked in black, yellow, greens, red, brown and white; there are two goats, two sheep and a dog, potted plants, stylized trees, set apart by two rows of sawtooth pattern is the legend Mary Gardner in the 15 Year of Her Age. April the 10 1767; followed by This Needle Work of Mine Can Tell, When I was Young I Learned Well And, By My Elders I was Taught Not To, Spend My Time for Nought. 15.25 in. x 11 in. Ancestory.com suggests that a Mary Gardner was born in 1752 on Nantucket, daughter of Solomon Gardner (1731-1782) and Jemima Folger (1735 – 1759). The 1767 date on the sampler would correspond with an age of 15 years and the birth date of 1752.
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