SOLD Naive But Ambitious 19th C. Pennsylvania Child's Sampler with Letters Facing Every Way brown pottery pitcher and for me super evocative

and for me super evocative

(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

but not shedding

SOLD Naive But Ambitious 19th C. Pennsylvania Child's Sampler with Letters Facing Every Way brown pottery pitcher and for me super evocativeI'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