A sampler by Ann Parsons, 1836, worked in green, brown and cream silks, with a verse "I am the good shepherd", bordered on one side by a 'pence table' and on the other by a 'shillings table', with flowering trees below and alphabet and numbers above, within a stylised trailing flower border--12½in x 15½in., framed and glazed

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A sampler by Ann Parsons, 1836, worked in green, brown and cream silks, with a verse "I am the good shepherd", bordered on one side by a 'pence table' and on the other by a 'shillings table', with flowering trees below and alphabet and numbers above, within a stylised trailing flower border--12½in x 15½in., framed and glazed

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