Beautiful Antique Pieced Oil Cloth Toy Ball mercantile sign but I can't quite make

but I can't quite make out the last name

"A person has to have some work to do

Very nicely crafted

While I have found later versions with a very similar design

as if it might be based on an illustration from a book by Jane Austen or one of the Bronte sisters

Beautiful Antique Pieced Oil Cloth Toy Ball mercantile sign but I can't quite makeI only recently came across another example of an antique oil cloth ball like this one, which someone else scooped up before I could, but it started me looking for another (really I've become sort of obsessed with them) and I've discovered they are pretty coveted things. This is a large one almost 6 inches in diameter and I've found a few others of this size out there described as juggling or carnival balls. I'm not sure, but it is definitely