Remember Me When I am Dead, Susannah Hipple's 1848 Pennsylvania German Cross Stitch Sampler honeycomb box I was pretty excited to

I was pretty excited to find a box full of these handmade slides at the flea market this weekend--a box in which many were rolled up in a St

(Personally though I find this version the most charming

One more of these mid 19th c

Head sized: approx 10" t x 6 3/4" w x 7 1/2"

No tears and paper is not especially brittle

Remember Me When I am Dead, Susannah Hipple's 1848 Pennsylvania German Cross Stitch Sampler honeycomb box I was pretty excited toI tend to gravitate toward samplers executed with far less precision than this antique cross stitch, completed by a Susannah Hipple on May 16 of 1848 but it is a lovely thing (all those different varieties of flowers, in their variously patterned urns), in lovely condition, and the "Remember Me When I am Dead" sealed the deal! I also now know, from a recently sampler I bought and sold, that the central element is Pennsylvania German: the OEHBDDE is an