SOLD Mary Ann James' 1860s Sampler in Birds Eye Maple Frame signed Japanese fan with ice blue eyes

with ice blue eyes

plus it's useful for everything

I really love the hand-painted face with orange cheeks and great black ruffle on the white collar

A super creature--at first I though cat

all commingling inside this wonderful fence

SOLD Mary Ann James' 1860s Sampler in Birds Eye Maple Frame signed Japanese fan with ice blue eyesI purchased this one from a seller who had it in her personal collection for many years and, like me, loved it for being colorful, and cheerful, and especially for that red brick house and those birds! Wool yarn on linen, I believe it is American, and was done by a Mary Ann James, age 11, with a date of either 1863 or 1866. I did find a Mary Ann James of Kaufman County, Texas born in 1852 (her parents originally from Kentucky and who later moved to