SOLD Naive But Ambitious 19th C. Pennsylvania Child's Sampler with Letters Facing Every Way brown pottery pitcher and one I think I

and one I think I would never tire of looking at

(As with most everything

The San Jose mission was founded in 1797 by the Franciscan order--the 14th Spanish mission established in California--and

7 3/8" x 5 3/8" with some paint loss as evident--I personally think all to the good

not so much to remember the drawing as to remember how to properly dress a deer

SOLD Naive But Ambitious 19th C. Pennsylvania Child's Sampler with Letters Facing Every Way brown pottery pitcher and one I think II'm a sucker for a super naive antique sampler, and really really love the combination of very naive and very aspirational; no small thing to attempt letters as fancy as many of these and, really, even more of a feat to manage a whole stretch of them backwards! I know from the seller I purchased this from that it came from Pennsylvania, c. mid 19th century I believe. The ground is very loosely woven, with unfinished edges but the embroidered borders