Marry Me? Mary A. Amee's Mid 19th Century Perforated Paper Embroidery with Birds and Urn hand painted houses maybe a young student

maybe a young student

A good set to play with

5 7/8" x 3 15/16"

I purchased three of these from a seller whose mother had gifted him many varieties of frogs and toads over the years

Ink and watercolor on laid

Marry Me? Mary A. Amee's Mid 19th Century Perforated Paper Embroidery with Birds and Urn hand painted houses maybe a young studentYou know I love a little punch paper embroidery, and this is an early and an uncommon one, with the urn and birds akin to those one would find on a full scale c. 1840s needlepoint sampler. And indeed, I would think 1840s 50s on this, the period when perforated paper was just becoming popular. The other thing I really love about this one, a coincidence I presume, is that a phonetic pronunciation of the name at top yields (more or less) Marry Me! (And