A small sampler by Sarah Skey 1834 worked with a central verse "A charge to keep I have", bordered with spot motifs including dogs, birds, hearts and flowers, within a stylised floral border--11 x 10½in. (28 x 26cm.); and two other small cross stitch alphabet samplers, 1798 and 1850, all framed and glazed (3)

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A small sampler by Sarah Skey 1834 worked with a central verse "A charge to keep I have", bordered with spot motifs including dogs, birds, hearts and flowers, within a stylised floral border--11 x 10½in. (28 x 26cm.); and two other small cross stitch alphabet samplers, 1798 and 1850, all framed and glazed (3)

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