Seeds and Pod, Lovely Old Handmade Glass Slide skull and crossbones Dated 1827

Dated 1827

but  their clothing is suggests they are laborers to me

and the specifics so great

for its relative humbleness and honest

10 3/4" x 9 1/4" x 10 1/8"

Seeds and Pod, Lovely Old Handmade Glass Slide skull and crossbones Dated 1827I found this specimen slide and another similar at a favorite New Hampshire stop the other day, which has a back room filled with all sorts of curious things, many of them from old school science departments, labs and the like. I just think it makes for a lovely object with these delicate pods and wispy seeds, and I like the idea of the seeds as suspended possibilities, never released into the wind but still looking ready to take flight. 4" x 3 5 6",