Carefully Arranged Flock of Taxidermy Shore Birds, with Eggs, Antique Albumen Cabinet Card painted iron ball I've long been admiring sailor

I've long been admiring sailor made macrame baskets

making it a softer cream

but easily trimmed and otherwise clean and bright

3 3/4" l x 1 1/8" w x 2" t and in very good condition

blank side if desired

Carefully Arranged Flock of Taxidermy Shore Birds, with Eggs, Antique Albumen Cabinet Card painted iron ball I've long been admiring sailorI'm no advocate for taxidermy, but I do find this antique albumen photo very beautiful, capturing a very carefully arranged ensemble of shore birds, complete with what I take for scattering of eggs. I could forever watch sandpipers and plovers skittering along the beach, so light on their feet and so magical in their synchronization with the rest of their flock; for me this very soft but finely detailed photo captures a sense of that balletic ness and