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Sampler: T.113-1928

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Savin, Susanna

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Description

Linen. Polychrome silks worked in cross, eyelet & counted satin stitch. Plain sevedge at bottom, other edges hemmed. A lettering sampler with an inscription, two alphabets, a set of numerals, the bands divided horizontally by small repeat geometric border patterns. The insciption: O CHILD MOST DeAR INCLINe THINe eAR / AND HARKeN TO GODS VOICE HIS COVNC / IL TAKe AND THAT WILL MAKe GODS A / NGeLS To ReIOYCe BE NOT LIKe THOSe TH / AT GRACe OPPOSe AND GIVe THeIR MIND / TO PLAy BUT LeT YOUR MIND Be WeLL / INCLINed AND SeeK IN WISDOMS WAY / TRAIN VP A CHILD IN THe WAYe He SH / ALL GO AND WHen He IS OLD He WI / O ALL Ye NATIONS OF THe / WORLD PRASe Ye THe LOR / D ALWAYS AND ALL Ye P / EOPLe e VeRY WHeRe SeT / FORTH HIS NOBLe PRAISe / FOR GReAT HIS KINDeSS / IS TO VS HIS TRUTH DOT / H eNDURe FOR AYe WHeReFORe PRAISe Ye THe LORD OUR GOD / I SAY SUSANNA SAVIN / FAVOUR IS DeCeITFUL AND BeA / VTY IS VAIN BUT A W

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Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century
Production date: circa AD 1716

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Identification numbers

Accession number: T.113-1928
Primary reference Number: 110659

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 8 August 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Sampler" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110659 Accessed: 2025-12-06 20:42:48

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