We recently sold a related pair of samplers--you just don't see those anymore. These were purchased in England at the Dorking Halls antiques fair and one was a family tree sampler done by one sister and another was was a single theme sampler done by another sister. These were done in the 1831. Anne did one was 11 years old--and Mary around that age but her age was not given. It was customary that the girls would sign their samplers in stitches and give the year they were made and their age at the time.
The family tree sampler lists all the siblings in the family and their dates of birth. Both samplers had charming biblical related verses and images of flowers and dogs and people.
Oh I admire girls and women who create with their hands today and back then. These are still more popular with collectors in the eastern United States. They have surprisingly fallen out of favor in the midwest. They used to command thousands. Now--hundreds if you are lucky.
Thankfully there has been a bit of a recovery in the vintage quilt market. I hope samplers recover next.
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