Bouquet Quilt Block

I've been pinning pictures of quilts date-inscribed 1853 and

came across this pretty applique quilt from an eBay post in the last year.

It's a beautiful quilt in worn condition.

The embroidered inscription says 

"Margaret Stambaugh

Israel Stambaugh

1853"

Unusual border with dots and tear drops echoing the

smaller block in the main part of the quilt.

UPDATE: Laurette Carroll tells me she was the lucky bidder on

this quilt.

The unusual main block works in negative and positive fashion.

Is it a star?

Is it a ring of 8 flowers?

It does have an Encyclopedia of Applique number

#14.42

A Traditional Block published in the magazine Comfort

as Bouquet Quilt Block. 

Probably published about 1910 with that name.

It's a lot cooler block than it looks in the drawing because of that negative/positive aspect.

This pink & white version (once Turkey red and white)

also shows the ambiguous nature of the design

The negative/positive action works better in the top block

because the flowers

actually touch.

Here's a terrible snapshot of another mid-19th-century version.

These are the only three examples I have.

A 1935 issue of Comfort

The magazine had a high circulation about 1910 and

was an important source for quilt patterns, but

this pattern is a generation or two older than the magazine.

Wish I knew what Margaret Stambaugh called it.

UPDATE:

I did find a fourth similar quilt---offered on eBay this summer:

Looks mid-19th century-maybe 1850 - 1880?

And this pieced variation from Augusta Auctions

a couple of years ago.