Large English Woolen Sampler with Alphabets, Darning Patterns, and Deer boaters on river painting I love the carved faces

I love the carved faces on this pair of trinket boxes

with holes now in his grey knitted wool sweater as well as a couple in the purple wool robe underneath

and the bird that appears on one side

and I think  just wonderful

Large English Woolen Sampler with Alphabets, Darning Patterns, and Deer boaters on river painting I love the carved facesOne of the things I really love about this unusually large English schoolgirl sampler is that it includes both alphabets and numbers (including roman numbers I V) AND darning samples (the square patterns on the lower half), which I especially love. Plus that wonderful bounding stag at center! Pretty decorative patterns along every edge, too, each different. Really super sweet, and in very good condition; I am uncertain of the age and am not a sampler