Guinea, Crow, Tame Pigeon, Turtle Dove - 1883 Iowa Egg Collection with Hand-inked Names antique quimper dish but it too is quite

but it too is quite old and they have clearly been held in it for a very long time

made to hold a small candle

one heart on each short side

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Guinea, Crow, Tame Pigeon, Turtle Dove - 1883 Iowa Egg Collection with Hand-inked Names antique quimper dish but it too is quiteThere 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