Viva La Plume! Rhoda Goodrich's Early 19th Century Red and Black Ink Penmanship Sampler hand-painted object used to support a needle

used to support a needle during the process of knitting

I found this one in Maine

the rest of the stitching is holding together pretty well

the other with a downward angling lid with topple at center

and then endless expanse of flesh before arriving at the ruffle of her neckline

Viva La Plume! Rhoda Goodrich's Early 19th Century Red and Black Ink Penmanship Sampler hand-painted object used to support a needlePhotos don't do much justice to this one a fight with glare and so not especially well lit when I was shooting it but hopefully details give a decent sense. Found in Pennsylvania this summer, it is a very early 1800s penmanship exercise, executed across a two page laid paper folio, in a roughly period frame, as found. And I must say the Viva La Plume in red inked fraktur lettering at top pretty much sold me right away! Then two main passages,