Alphabets in Blue with Wavering Lines and Many Extra Tries, Early 19th C. Practice Sampler handmade figures Box measures 14 3/8" long

Box measures 14 3/8" long x 5 1/2" deep x 1 1/2" tall

They took great care of them too

creasing along bottom edge of photo

I love how this flying game bird

perhaps especially for the beautifully rendered (in graphite) lace collar and cuffs

Alphabets in Blue with Wavering Lines and Many Extra Tries, Early 19th C. Practice Sampler handmade figures Box measures 14 3/8" longA perfect example of the sort of sampler I love one filled with personality, completely radiating the hand and humanity of the girl who made it, in this case surely quite a young one. Just look at those completely wonky wavering free hand lines separating each row of letters, and then the back to back repetition of certain letters SSS, UU, WWW, YY as if the second or third try would be the charm. And brown thread for just a few, disrupting the blue of