Antique Embroidered 1818 Alphabet Sampler, with Attribution, in Adirondack Frame Aksumite who definitely had a knack

who definitely had a knack for bringing diverse characters to life

There is loss to one edge of the glass but it doesn't show from the front

There is one small clean tear along the lower left edge

It measures 6 1/2" in diameter by 3/8" deep and comes in what may be the original box

Antique Embroidered 1818 Alphabet Sampler, with Attribution, in Adirondack Frame Aksumite who definitely had a knackThere is information taped to the back of this frame attributing this sampler to "Grandma" (Bonere it looks to me, but a bit hard to read) and dating it to 1818, when she was 8 years old. It is in such pristine condition it looks as if it might have been done yesterday, but the absence of the J and U, the fraktur style lettering of the first half (through to the M, then changing style with the N) and the round hand of the second half all seem right to