SOLD A.E. Farnsworth's 1880 Linen Sewing and Darning Schoolwork Sampler in Blue evil eye This pair of hand thrown

This pair of hand thrown matte green glazed stoneware bowls are just about the most beautiful bowls I can imagine

making them feel all the more singular

A tiny bit of breakage to the red dyed splints at the very center of the lid (I have yet to find one of these where that is not the case) but overall great condition

a mix of shiny and matte

which I assume would have been sewn onto a cloth torso

SOLD A.E. Farnsworth's 1880 Linen Sewing and Darning Schoolwork Sampler in Blue evil eye This pair of hand thrownOne of two beautifully executed 19th century British sewing samplers I'm listing today, both completed by a A. E. Farnsworth, this larger one in 1880. As with the other, the blue darned square on this one is as precise as any I've ever seen the stitches are teeny teeny teeny tiny, and its just a beautiful thing. I tend to prefer these sewing skill samplers, practicing mending and darning and seamwork, etc. to alphabet samplers (except of the very