19th Century Tin Cup with Bird's Nest and Spotted Quail Egg, As Found in Maine walnut blocks ) Bright and crisp all

)  Bright and crisp all the way around

and looking at it now makes me look forward to the first daffodils of spring

is in excellent condition (the wood is just gorgeous

Meissen produced a number of series of monkeys (most famously playing musical instruments) that very closely resemble this one

whatever the strange world's greeting

19th Century Tin Cup with Bird's Nest and Spotted Quail Egg, As Found in Maine walnut blocks ) Bright and crisp allOn the heels of yet another snow here I found this in southern Maine and it was just the right thing a 19th century tin cup delivering a harbinger of spring. As found I can't say how long this quail's nest and egg have lived inside this cup, but I will say that I did do a fair bit of dust removal from the surface of the nest. And the nest is sized exactly right for the cup, as if it were built inside of it. And that spotted egg is lovely and without a