Remember Me When I am Dead, Susannah Hipple's 1848 Pennsylvania German Cross Stitch Sampler honeycomb box (Personally though I find this

(Personally though I find this version the most charming

I was pretty excited to find a box full of these handmade slides at the flea market this weekend--a box in which many were rolled up in a St

Envelope itself measures 3 3/4" x 2 1/4"

This one has a blank circle at the center of one side where the monogram would be carved (and still could be

Oil on canvas nailed to wood frame

Remember Me When I am Dead, Susannah Hipple's 1848 Pennsylvania German Cross Stitch Sampler honeycomb box (Personally though I find thisI 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