Sweet, Small Antique Alphabet Sampler with Flamestitch Practice brushes ) I believe the board

) I believe the board is quite old but was refinished at some point

During the late 1920s and 1930s

clearly by the same artist

Handthrown and stamped Weaver ME Kiln Works on the underside

Another terrific set of domino playing cards

Sweet, Small Antique Alphabet Sampler with Flamestitch Practice brushes ) I believe the boardThere are so many keen sampler dealers and collectors out there that for the most part I leave them alone. But, occasionally I find one that calls to me like an out of order alphabet I had a few months ago, and this one, with its patch of colorful flame stitching at bottom right, at odds with the careful linearity of the rest, and like a little abstract explosion of energy. Certainly this was just a little practice sampler and so here she was (a girl