but I find it completely charming and cheering
Photos tell the story best--I have included a representative sampling
Each box measures approx 2 5/8" cubed
with my rudimentary translation giving me the last name Uamajasi--a name which I have found a couple of references to as Naujaat
and there are no parts that have fallen off inside
Mary Davis' Early Sampler with Flame Stitch, Alphabets, Flower and Verse wooden boot but I find it completelyAnother example of the sort of sampler I love, which would definitely benefit from a better frame, but I'm very glad it's been kept safe as it is an early and delicate one. Part of what makes it especially special is the passage of flame stitch filling the top quarter, surely faded and clearly showing loss but very beautiful still. Then this verse under the alphabet and numbers, with long "s" 's everywhere, signed by Mary Davis just underneath, and