Antique c. 1880s Miniature Sampler with Out of Order Alphabet! trump markers with really no signs of

with really no signs of wear

and painted blue and red (much of which is clearly long gone

there was Victor Perard

25" across (3 3/4" with handle) and 1 1/4" tall

There's a fair amount of paint loss and cracking

Antique c. 1880s Miniature Sampler with Out of Order Alphabet! trump markers with really no signs ofOh, a sampler made completely after my own heart, with the alphabet arranged entirely according to the whim of the girl who made it! (Why shouldn't the Q follow the G and precede the P and then the B?) This makes me completely and totally happy. Someone more knowledgable than I dates it to about 1880s, and deciphered the name of the genius who made it as G. B. Chambers, spelled out on the last line, though there is a bit of thread loss on the G and B.