Antique c. 1880s Miniature Sampler with Out of Order Alphabet! trump markers a fascinating couple at the

a fascinating couple  at the vanguard of American studio pottery

there was Victor Perard

with really no signs of wear

My favorite Oaxacan alebrije are classic

Antique c. 1880s Miniature Sampler with Out of Order Alphabet! trump markers a fascinating couple at theOh, a sampler made completely after my own heart, with the alphabet arranged entirely according to the whim of the girl who made it! (Why shouldn't the Q follow the G and precede the P and then the B?) This makes me completely and totally happy. Someone more knowledgable than I dates it to about 1880s, and deciphered the name of the genius who made it as G. B. Chambers, spelled out on the last line, though there is a bit of thread loss on the G and B.