RARE 1801 ANTIQUE SAMPLER STUNNING FOLK ART QUAKER WORK PRISTINE BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS ABBOT FAMILY HISTORY 1783 Start Price USD 9.99 Current Price USD 4,450.00 Time Left - Bid Count 18 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, July 15, 2008 End Time Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Location SOUTHERN OREGON, See more about 'RARE 1801 ANTIQUE SAMPLER STUNNING FOLK ART QUAKER WORK' Description ~ RARE ANTIQUE FOLK ART QUAKER FAMILY SAMPLER 1801 NR ~ THIS AUCTION FEATURES AN INCREDIBLY RARE ORIGINAL ANTIQUE FOLK ART QUAKER FAMILY SAMPLER DATING TO THE 1700'S!  THIS TRULY SPECTACULAR SAMPLER IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING IN DESIGN AND CRAFTSMANSHIP THROUGHOUT AND DEFINITELY A RARE, ONE-OF-A-KIND PIECE OF AMERICAN HISTORY!  THIS LOVELY FOLK ART SAMPLER WAS BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED BY "NANCY ABBOT BORN ATHBY JAN.7th 1791 WROUGHT THIS JULY 1801" AND LISTS FAMILY ACCORDINGLY ENCIRCLING THE SAMPLER TO INCLUDE "PATTY ABBOT BORN AUGUST 30th 1783", "POLLY ABBOT BORN APRIL 23th 1785 DIED JULY 30th 1793"; "SALLY ABBOT BORN MAY 27th 1787", "BETTY ABBOT BORN MARCH 22th 1789", "JOHN ABBOT BORN DEC 8th 1792"; "POLLY ABBOT BORN JANU 22th 1798", "CHARLES ABBOT BORN MAY 9th 1800" (PLEASE SEE PHOTOS) FURTHERMORE, THE DETAILING OF THE TWO ALPHABETS, NUMBERS 1-9, VARYING TREES, FLOWERS, AND BORDERS WITH THEIR BREATHTAKING PINKS, BURGUNDY REDS, GREENS, GOLDS AND WHITES IS TRULY FABULOUS FOR A CHILD OF THIS AGE AND DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME IN THE 18th CENTURY!  IN ADDITION, IT IS TRULY MAGNIFICENT THAT THE DETAILING, COLORING, AND CRAFTSMANSHIP IS IN SUCH INCREDIBLE PRISTINE CONDITION FOR A PIECE OF THIS AGE! (PLEASE SEE PHOTOS)  THE BOTTOM OF THIS AMAZING ANTIQUE SAMPLER INCLUDES A PORTION FROM "THE MORALIST" WHICH WAS PUBLISHED APRIL 13th 1795 BY HAINES & SON NO. 19 ROLLS BUILDINGS FETTER LANE, FLEET STREET AND IS ABOUT AN OLDER MAN WHO SITS IN A CHAIR, POINTING TO A ROSE AND LECTURING TWO ATTENTIVE YOUNG LADIES.  THE ONE WITH BOOK AND PEN LISTENS INTENTLY, THE OTHER MAY BE COY OR DEMURE.  THE VERSE IS THE CAUTIONARY LECTURE: Where Virtue encircles the Fair, There roses and lillies are vain;Each Blossom must drop with despair,Where Innocense takes up her reign,No gaudy embellishing arts, The fair one need call to her aid; Who kindly by nature imparts The Graces that Virtue has made.//The Swain who has sense must despise,Each coquettish art to ensnare; If timely ye'd wish to be wise, Attend to my counsel, ye fair; Lest Virgins whom nature has blest,Her sovereign dictates obey,For Beauties by nature express'd, Are beauties that never decay. SPECIFICALLY, THIS PIECE STATES THE FOLLOWING VERSE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SAMPLER: "WHERE VIRTUE ENCIRCLES THE FAIR; THERE LILIES AND ROSES ARE VAIN; EACH BLOSSOM MUST DROP WITH DESPAIR; WHERE INNOCENCE TAKES UP HER REIGN" (NOTICE THE ERRORS IN COMPARISON TO THE ORIGINAL VERSES OF "THE MORALIST") IT'S TRULY INCREDIBLE TO NOTE THAT THIS ABSOLUTELY RARE, ONE-OF-A-KIND FOLK ART SAMPLER WAS CREATED BY NANCY ABBOT WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN ONLY TEN YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF ITS CREATION!  THIS BEAUTIFUL FAMILY RECORD SAMPLER WAS PURCHASED AT AN ESTATE SALE DURING THE 1960'S IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.  IN ADDITION, THIS LOVELY ORIGINAL ANTIQUE 18th CENTURY SAMPLER MEASURES APPROXIMATELY  12 1/4 " INCHES IN WIDTH BY APPROXIMATELY 12 1/4 " INCHES IN HEIGHT WITHOUT THE WOOD FRAME AND APPROXIMATELY 13 7/8 " INCHES IN WIDTH BY APPROXIMATELY 13 7/8 " INCHES IN HEIGHT WITH THE WOOD FRAME. OVERALL, THIS IS TRULY A RARE, ONE-OF-A-KIND SAMPLER DATING TO THE 1700'S AND WOULD MAKE A PERFECT ADDITION TO ANY HISTORICAL SAMPLER COLLECTION! AS ALWAYS, NO RESERVES WITH ANY OF MY AUCTIONS!  PLEASE BID WITH CONFIDENCE AS MY FEEDBACK IS 100%!  PRIORITY SHIPPING AND HANDLING ONLY $12.95 IN THE UNITED STATES   S & H ONLY $19.95 TO CANADA!  WORLDWIDE SHIPPING AND HANDLING ONLY $29.95! THANKS FOR LOOKING AND GOOD LUCK!!! P.S. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SEND ANY INFORMATION YOU HAVE ON THE ABBOT'S THROUGH AN EBAY MESSAGE   Place a Bid!