Sweet Old Floral Petit Point on Dark Blue Wool cooking utensil from the woman gathering laundry

from the woman gathering laundry off the line

It has a very minor nick on the edge of the bowl of the spoon

This great little vintage studio pottery bud vase features an interesting light green glaze that is mostly mossy in color

This large hand thrown ceramic vase features bold

which I believe dates from sometime between 1900-1920

Sweet Old Floral Petit Point on Dark Blue Wool cooking utensil from the woman gathering laundryThis little petit point on wool embroidery just makes me happy; as with old samplers, I think it wonderfully caries the hand and sensibility of its maker, and I love it all the more for its moth holes and lost stitches. While it reads as black in these photos, the wool backing is a dark blue, and indeed there are a few small holes near the top right edge. It is sold as found in a very old, pretty worn gilded wood frame, the wood back of which shows