SOLD Mary Richardson's 1836 Jam Packed Sampler American art pottery Dated (twice) on the interior

Dated (twice) on the interior

I am guessing she was African American

Kelly was an artist in residence at Kilkenny Design Studio

His head was carved as a separate piece with post inserted

SOLD Mary Richardson's 1836 Jam Packed Sampler American art pottery Dated (twice) on the interior(Detail photos give a better sense of this one, tough to shoot through the glass.) I have tried but not been able to definitively place the Mary Richardson who completed this sampler in 1836 found in Maine and I presume American despite based on what I take for homespun linen, but I am not an expert. In any case wonderfully jam packed with alphabet and imagery and personal information and religious verse that I take as emblematic of the second Great