Lion with Key, Figures, Alphabet and More, c. Early 19th Century Needlepoint Sampler Worked From All Sides carved wooden puppet the rest of the stitching

the rest of the stitching is holding together pretty well

no losses on either side

after a   long day's work in February of 1935

Mounted on cardboard

I can find no likeness of this one out there anywhere--beautifully executed in this blue against white with a border I'd describe as berries on branch but looking a bit weeping willow-esque too

Lion with Key, Figures, Alphabet and More, c. Early 19th Century Needlepoint Sampler Worked From All Sides carved wooden puppet the rest of the stitchingI am more or less certain this is European, early 19th century or so I believe. I love the lion, of course, with wonderfully winding and branching tail, and also really like it for having been worked in the round from all sides, which I've rarely seen. With what appears to me a family of four figures facing the inverse direction (maybe a pet, too?), and a couple of flowering trees around the corner from them. The alphabet marches around in the same