48th Annual Delaware Show

35 STEPHEN & CAROL HUBER 40 Ferry Road, Old Saybrook, CT 06475 Open by appointment 860.388.6809 Email: hubers@antiquesamplers.com w ww.antiquesamplers.com BOOTH 30 SOUTH HADLEY, MASSACHUSETTS circa 1809 Silk embroidered picture inscribed “FLORA” worked by fourteen year old Nancy (Hancy) Pitkin while attending AbbyWright’s school. Hancy was the daughter of Calvin Pitkin and Hannah Pease from Somers, CT. In 1829 she married JesseWilson Rice who was born in Granby, CT and practiced medicine inWilbraham, MA. For a similar example see Betty Ring’s Girlhood Embroidery p. 163. Silk, chenille, mica and watercolor on silk; 16 x 13 inches.