Is this an old sampler ?

 I was flicking through some books in a charity shop in Morecambe and this fell out from between them.

Again its stitched in wool on the same kind of fabric as the last one that I bought in Scotland, Its actually dirtier than in the picture and the colours are a bit faded but very bright on the back.

I know that it was stitched by Lizzie Cragg and some of the spacing is interesting but the Two things that I don't know are her age or the date, I don't think its a reproduction and it looks like a schoolgirl sampler but thats all I can really say about it.

I forgot to mention the price , just £1.00 

the sampler that isn't cross stitch

 Home now and I've had chance to take the sampler out of the frame. As I thought, its stitched on needlepoint canvas in wool rather than cross stitch with cotton.

The actual sampler has been glued to the backing board at some point but the glue was so dry that it came away at the corners .

after this sneak preview of the back I carefully eased away as much as I dare to reveal the true colours.

Interestingly, the light grey at the bottom has smudges of purple in it and when I compared it to the alphabet it shows as a purple grey.

The stitches are a bit chaotic but I think that I will chart it and at some point stitch it as a cross stitch in the original colours to hang alongside it once I've had it reframed.