Mary Davis' Early Sampler with Flame Stitch, Alphabets, Flower and Verse Charles lindbergh Box measures 4 7/8" x

Box measures 4 7/8" x 3 7/8" x 7/8"

and with these almost wave-like patterns of decoration animating the rest of it

and just great

but with the two cross pieces impossible to remove

whenever the opportunity arises

Mary Davis' Early Sampler with Flame Stitch, Alphabets, Flower and Verse Charles lindbergh Box measures 4 7/8" xAnother example of the sort of sampler I love, which would definitely benefit from a better frame, but I'm very glad it's been kept safe as it is an early and delicate one. Part of what makes it especially special is the passage of flame stitch filling the top quarter, surely faded and clearly showing loss but very beautiful still. Then this verse under the alphabet and numbers, with long "s" 's everywhere, signed by Mary Davis just underneath, and