SOLD Naive But Ambitious 19th C. Pennsylvania Child's Sampler with Letters Facing Every Way brown pottery pitcher The San Jose mission was

The San Jose mission was founded in 1797 by the Franciscan order--the 14th Spanish mission established in California--and

7 3/8" x 5 3/8" with some paint loss as evident--I personally think all to the good

which is just fun to do--I'd invent games to play with it

best of all

SOLD Naive But Ambitious 19th C. Pennsylvania Child's Sampler with Letters Facing Every Way brown pottery pitcher The San Jose mission wasI'm a sucker for a super naive antique sampler, and really really love the combination of very naive and very aspirational; no small thing to attempt letters as fancy as many of these and, really, even more of a feat to manage a whole stretch of them backwards! I know from the seller I purchased this from that it came from Pennsylvania, c. mid 19th century I believe. The ground is very loosely woven, with unfinished edges but the embroidered borders