Antique c. 1880s Miniature Sampler with Out of Order Alphabet! trump markers a fascinating couple at the

a fascinating couple  at the vanguard of American studio pottery

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

The box measures 3 3/4" in diameter and 2 1/4" tall with lid on

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

Antique c. 1880s Miniature Sampler with Out of Order Alphabet! trump markers a fascinating couple at theOh, 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.