A fine sampler by Elizabeth Hamman 1834 worked in brown, blue, black and green coloured silks, the lower third with a brick house and garden bordered with trees and floral spot motifs, the upper section with the verse, "Blessed are those Ears that..." surrounded by spot motifs including angels and birds, within an elaborate stylised floral border--16½ x 20½in. (41 x 51cm.), framed and glazed, re-workings

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A fine sampler by Elizabeth Hamman 1834 worked in brown, blue, black and green coloured silks, the lower third with a brick house and garden bordered with trees and floral spot motifs, the upper section with the verse, "Blessed are those Ears that..." surrounded by spot motifs including angels and birds, within an elaborate stylised floral border--16½ x 20½in. (41 x 51cm.), framed and glazed, re-workings
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