Nova Scotia Sampler wrought by Mathilda Covell Fiske (1835-1904) at the age of 12 in 1847, depicting trees, showing off letter and number skills, and writing of her birthday. Mathilda lived and died in North Brookfield, Nova Scotia.
[PROVENANCE: Continuous ownership provable using genealogical records up to her most recent descendent R. Leon Smith whose line immigrated to Worcester, Massachusetts.]
Nova Scotia Sampler wrought by Mathilda Covell Fiske (1835-1904) at the age of 12 in 1847, depicting trees, showing off letter and number skills, and writing of her birthday. Mathilda lived and died in North Brookfield, Nova Scotia.
[PROVENANCE: Continuous ownership provable using genealogical records up to her most recent descendent R. Leon Smith whose line immigrated to Worcester, Massachusetts.]
