Antique c. 1880s Miniature Sampler with Out of Order Alphabet! trump markers with original matches still inside

with original matches still inside

and painted blue and red (much of which is clearly long gone

The box measures 3 3/4" in diameter and 2 1/4" tall with lid on

My favorite Oaxacan alebrije are classic

there was Victor Perard

Antique c. 1880s Miniature Sampler with Out of Order Alphabet! trump markers with original matches still insideOh, a sampler made completely after my own heart, with the alphabet arranged entirely according to the whim of the girl who made it! (Why shouldn't the Q follow the G and precede the P and then the B?) This makes me completely and totally happy. Someone more knowledgable than I dates it to about 1880s, and deciphered the name of the genius who made it as G. B. Chambers, spelled out on the last line, though there is a bit of thread loss on the G and B.