3 1/4" tall x 2 3/8" in diameter
with a bit of cat-like elusiveness about her face too
and certainly a useful and satisfying place to sit
and a dotting of wispy trees along the top
Guinea, Crow, Tame Pigeon, Turtle Dove - 1883 Iowa Egg Collection with Hand-inked Names folk art sun dial 3 1/4" tall x 2There 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