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Date
1820 – 1825
Material
fibre, cotton
Catalogue Number
107.02.1006 a, b
Description
Two verses centered in picture in tiny brown straight stitch embroidery "How should thee morning of my days Be spent in humble prayer and Praise, To him he save me life and breath And still preserve my soul from death - O may his condescending love Still draw my heart to things above, That I among …
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Title
Embroidery Sampler
Date
1820 – 1825
Material
fibre, cotton
Dimensions
44.75 x 51.0 cm
Description
Two verses centered in picture in tiny brown straight stitch embroidery "How should thee morning of my days Be spent in humble prayer and Praise, To him he save me life and breath And still preserve my soul from death - O may his condescending love Still draw my heart to things above, That I among his saints may know The joys of heaven begun below. Deborah Schaffer". Cross stitched large beige flower with blue ribbon is bottom centre from which various coloured flowers and leaves surround the verse. b) Note “Deborah Schaeffer 1540”
Subject
households
furnishings
Deborah Schaffer
Mary Shaffer Warren
needlework
embroidery
Credit
Gift of Charles C. Reid, Banff, Alberta, 1986
Catalogue Number
107.02.1006 a, b
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Date
1825 – 1853
Material
ceramic
Catalogue Number
102.04.0232
Description
Gourd-shaped vase with concave base and 1.2 cm. diameter neck, transparent glaze with cobalt landscape, bird, flower and insect decoration. Red bordered label on bottom in Morse's handwriting says "Yeiraku", calligraphy on base.
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Title
Vase
Date
1825 – 1853
Material
ceramic
Dimensions
7.6 x 4.9 cm
Description
Gourd-shaped vase with concave base and 1.2 cm. diameter neck, transparent glaze with cobalt landscape, bird, flower and insect decoration. Red bordered label on bottom in Morse's handwriting says "Yeiraku", calligraphy on base.
Subject
households
decorative
miniatures
E. S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.04.0232
Images
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