SOLD Oh Noble Heart Think of Your End, Antique Pennsylvania German Acrostic Cross-stitch Sampler rolling pin foot stool and what a pleasure to

and what a pleasure to wrap one's hand around the top

which infamously sank during the Portland Gale blizzard of 1898

Super lovely

which makes it a bit fragile but it can be easily reinforced on the interior side (not visible) with a little archival tape

SOLD Oh Noble Heart Think of Your End, Antique Pennsylvania German Acrostic Cross-stitch Sampler rolling pin foot stool and what a pleasure toFound in Maine, but Pennsylvania German, 19th century I believe, though in a newer frame. Happily, a previous owner of this did the work of researching it, and adhered to the back of the frame is a handwritten note translating the meaning of the central element a series of letters, OEHBDDE, surrounding a planted heart and there is some additional reference material discussing the history and use of the motif as well. The OEHBDDE is an acrostic, with