Lovely 1830 Needlepoint of Parrot on Branch with Monogram in Early Frame sailors photo The carving stands up great

The carving stands up great on the horizontally flush base

which is nothing special but does the job

perhaps splashed by either a few drinks or by the wake of a passing boat

one a Collie and the other a German Shepherd

Lovely 1830 Needlepoint of Parrot on Branch with Monogram in Early Frame sailors photo The carving stands up greatAn early and beautifully done needlepoint of a parrot executed in wool on perforated paper with a note on the back of the antique frame written by a Susan Frazar Kennedy, noting is having been worked in 1830, I presume by a relative, perhaps her mother, with the monogram MEF. What I love most about the needlepoint itself is that fabulous border, with triangles and squares of directional stitching, in cream and a sort of khaki green, adding up to