SCHOOLGIRL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER,worked by Hannah S Pells, February 23, 1843. Depicting various pictorial elements including flowering trees and urns, birds and additional animals. The top section with a verse reading "There is no safety or security in wicked company where the good are often made bad and the bad always worse. If your business indeed calls you into such company you must but take care you do not stay long." The bottom section with signature and date over the inscription "remember me." Worked in polychrome silk threads, on a linen ground. Framed - 16 1/2 in. x 11 3/4 in. Estimate $450-650
