Multicolor Canvaswork Pincushion

Multicolor Canvaswork Pincushion, "M E 1768," probably Chester County, Pennsylvania, the shaped rectangular pincushion worked in Irish stitch with wool threads, one side stitched in undulating waves of graded colors centered with a geometric diamond form design with corner blocks stitched with the owner's or maker's initials "M E" and the year "1768; " the obverse centered with a large shaded red flower blossom surrounded by several smaller blossoms in graded shades of red, blue and pink on a camel colored ground, silk tasseled corners, (minor imperfections), 7 1/2 x 6 in.