19th Century Needlepoint Sampler with Parrot, Pistols, and Fleur de Lis tiny celluloid box with its brown squiggles--set against

with its brown squiggles--set against bright white and framed in mustard yellow--almost like abstracted figures marching around the perimeter of the vase

There are a couple of extra

I'm in perpetual quest of great planters

this has yet to happen

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19th Century Needlepoint Sampler with Parrot, Pistols, and Fleur de Lis tiny celluloid box with its brown squiggles--set againstForgive my not so great photos of this terrific antique sampler, finely executed by a Caroline Waldimand (or perhaps Haldimand), age 9, in the mid 1800s I believe. As there is an unfinished edge across the top, it seems possible this was once a larger piece, perhaps with with an alphabet above, now lost. The fleur de lis at center makes me think perhaps Caroline was Canadian, and I have found mention of some Waldimand and Haldimands both in the