Guinea, Crow, Tame Pigeon, Turtle Dove - 1883 Iowa Egg Collection with Hand-inked Names metallic embroidery ) Very modernist in its

) Very modernist in its modularity

10 5/8" t x 7 1/4" w x 3/8" thick

so my attraction to this is as an object--though of course it could be reanimated with new mechanics and set to work keeping time again

numbers mixed in representing specific dates

they’re just great looking frame worthy things now

Guinea, Crow, Tame Pigeon, Turtle Dove - 1883 Iowa Egg Collection with Hand-inked Names metallic embroidery ) Very modernist in itsThere is no universe in which I would not bring these home with me, though I would love it if there were twice or ten times as many eggs inside this old tin. I found these in New Hampshire, but the Prairie Chicken egg, in addition to identifying it as such, notes the location: Grove Hill, Shelby County, Iowa, and the year of its collection, 1883. Nine eggs here, seven of them with hand inked names, in order: Guinea, Pigeon, Crow (my favorite), Prairie