Sweet, Small Antique Alphabet Sampler with Flamestitch Practice mid-century modern teak vase But even if not venturing

But even if not venturing to try to solve them

There is a little bit of chipping to the wood at the very end of the blade

heart shaped nose

Late 19th century or so I think

but while the plane may have crashed and burned

Sweet, Small Antique Alphabet Sampler with Flamestitch Practice mid-century modern teak vase But even if not venturingThere are so many keen sampler dealers and collectors out there that for the most part I leave them alone. But, occasionally I find one that calls to me like an out of order alphabet I had a few months ago, and this one, with its patch of colorful flame stitching at bottom right, at odds with the careful linearity of the rest, and like a little abstract explosion of energy. Certainly this was just a little practice sampler and so here she was (a girl