Remember Me When I am Dead, Susannah Hipple's 1848 Pennsylvania German Cross Stitch Sampler black glazed planter so they evoke a particular

so they evoke a particular feeling for me--and the sunny yellow of this striped one feels like coming home from the swimming pool in summer to dinner on the patio

or so in these floral painted wooden boxes

I really can't imagine any better soap dish for next to the bathroom sink or on the lip of the tub than this one

I'd long been admiring both the forms and color on early croquet posts

If you perceive this drawing as if our girl is looking straight ahead rather than down with lids closed

Remember Me When I am Dead, Susannah Hipple's 1848 Pennsylvania German Cross Stitch Sampler black glazed planter so they evoke a particularI tend to gravitate toward samplers executed with far less precision than this antique cross stitch, completed by a Susannah Hipple on May 16 of 1848 but it is a lovely thing (all those different varieties of flowers, in their variously patterned urns), in lovely condition, and the "Remember Me When I am Dead" sealed the deal! I also now know, from a recently sampler I bought and sold, that the central element is Pennsylvania German: the OEHBDDE is an