1850 Hand-embroidered Mourning Card with Handwritten Poem or Prayer in Period Frame vintage Italian pottery I especially love the tiny

I especially love the tiny arm of the girl in this one

bottom edge of the parka and boots

with a wonderful richness to the color and surface

4" wide x 4 1/8" deep x 2 3/4" tall

and wheels below---with windows through which we glimpse these wonderful seated

1850 Hand-embroidered Mourning Card with Handwritten Poem or Prayer in Period Frame vintage Italian pottery I especially love the tinySo tender and lovely. The handwritten text covering every unstitched inch of this looks to me to be German; I find it hard to decipher but certain phrases seems to appear over and over, so surely a poem or perhaps specifically a prayer. Perhaps it speaks of a sailor lost at sea, which the anchor leaning against the cross at center would suggest, and, with those two wonderful burning hearts, of the true love between the one lost and the one left