5A NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, Mary Wilton, Baltimore, late 18th century, worked in blue, green, yellow and red silk threads on a linen ground with alphabetical and numerical sequences in different registersdivided with various motifs such as Irish chain, sawtooth, strawberries, leaves and acorns and and inscribed 'Mary Wilton her work in the twelth year of her life..." all enclosed by a stylized border of flowers--12 1/2in. x 9 3/4in.