Remember Me When I am Dead, Susannah Hipple's 1848 Pennsylvania German Cross Stitch Sampler antique Bennington glazed boot color matches

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and raised hands

and there's a hand-written "3" on the back of that one too

plus they're super useful in the kitchen for scooping little measures of this or that

and some pin marks/flea bites at up left on the "Welcome" sign

Remember Me When I am Dead, Susannah Hipple's 1848 Pennsylvania German Cross Stitch Sampler antique Bennington glazed boot color matchesI 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