c. 1900 Dutch Darning Sampler: Blue and Red, Alphabet and Numbers ringer's and the one with the

and the one with the porthole windows looks rather like the old National Maritime Union building in Chelsea

Cups measure 3 1/2" t x 2 3/4" in diameter

a single black "x" below the image

which in 1906 was this this cloisonné plate to mark the occasion--and what a lot of work went into each of them

17 3/4" w x 21 1/2" t

c. 1900 Dutch Darning Sampler: Blue and Red, Alphabet and Numbers ringer's and the one with theOne of two Dutch darning samplers just in, arrived straight from Holland. Of course I'm forever on the hunt for exquisite 18th and early 19th century Dutch darning samplers, but those are very few and far between (and usually exorbitantly expensive). In the meantime, I'll always say yes to a nice younger one, this c. 1900, red and blue and white thread on white cotton cloth. I love the neat gridded organization (so Dutch!) and the progression of the