Guinea, Crow, Tame Pigeon, Turtle Dove - 1883 Iowa Egg Collection with Hand-inked Names antique quimper dish Margareta Hennix (b

Margareta Hennix (b

one heart on each short side

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

Accompanying it is a note explaining that it was found underneath the floor of the entry at 99 Fort Hill in Hingham

and I can't say I always understand the humor

Guinea, Crow, Tame Pigeon, Turtle Dove - 1883 Iowa Egg Collection with Hand-inked Names antique quimper dish Margareta Hennix (bThere 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