A sampler by Alice Bowskill 1827 Settle embroidered in coloured silks, the top with an alphabet and numerals, with the verse "Lord tis a pleasent [sic] thing to stand", the lower half with a scene with a man fishing in a pond on which swim swans and with animals before a church and house, bordered with spot motifs including a basket of flowers and birds, within a border of stylised strawberries--19 x 24in. (48 x 61cm.), framed and glazed