Antique Victorian Sampler Needlework Needlepoint Needle Work Old Oaken Bucket Poem Folk Art Framed 1817
We are offering an antique 1817 to 1820 Victorian needlepoint or needle work, measuring about 22” high x 19” wide in the wood frame. This needlepoint depicts a person drawing up a bucket from a well with the words “OLD OAKEN BUCKET” with some decorative leaves and designs.
This would be a reference to the poem "The Old Oaken Bucket " by Samuel Woodworth (1784-1842).
Newer beautiful oak frame and glass with a green wood liner. Reframed in the 1970's.
This piece is the perfect addition to any collection. Here is the charming poem written in 1817:
How dear to my heart are the scenes of my childhood,
When fond recollection presents them to view!
The orchard, the meadow, the deep-tangled wildwood,
And every loved spot which my infancy knew;
The wide-spreading pond, and the mill which stood by it,
The bridge, and the rock where the cataract fell;
The cot of my father, the dairy-house nigh it,
And e’en the rude bucket which hung in the well —
The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket,
The moss-covered bucket which hung in the well.
That moss-covered vessel I hail as a treasure;
For often, at noon, when returned from the field,
I found it the source of an exquisite pleasure,
The purest and sweetest that nature can yield.
How ardent I seized it, with hands that were glowing!
How quick to the white-pebbled bottom it fell;
Then soon, with the emblem of truth over-flowing,
And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well —
The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket,
The moss-covered bucket arose from the well.
How sweet from the green mossy brim to receive it,
As, poised on the curb, it inclined to my lips!
Not a full blushing goblet could tempt me to leave it,
Though filled with the nectar that Jupiter sips.
And now, far removed from the loved situation,
The tear of regret will intrusively swell,
As fancy reverts to my father’s plantation,
And sighs for the bucket which hangs in the well —
The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket,
The moss-covered bucket which hangs in the well.
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