Antique Framed Needlework on Linen with Towers of Flowers and Steamboat, Initialed LAO kitchen box with his over-sized ears well

with his over-sized ears well suited for picking up the sound of birds and rusting animals in the distance

and how much fun I think it would have been to visit Parker & Wood's Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store (with celebrated ice tools

" and then on the underside of the box are tiny carved dots representing a couple of double sixes

but the kindly looking donkey upon which he is perched seems much more interested in his little dog friend than in turning around to help

Antique Framed Needlework on Linen with Towers of Flowers and Steamboat, Initialed LAO kitchen box with his over-sized ears wellThis one I found near impossible to photograph well through the glass, so please forgive the poor quality of the images, shot in both natural and artificial light, which do it no justice. I believe it is safe to categorize this one as a sampler, with the LAO who initialed it clearly practicing her needlepoint skills across three vertical spans of what I read as towers of flowers, rising from the three urns opening up along the bottom. And then this