Remember Me When I am Dead, Susannah Hipple's 1848 Pennsylvania German Cross Stitch Sampler antique Bennington glazed boot making it easy to stage

making it easy to stage all sorts of arrangements and scenarios inside

Pieces measure about 4 to 4 1/2” long

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

in terrific condition

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 making it easy to stageI 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