Carefully Arranged Flock of Taxidermy Shore Birds, with Eggs, Antique Albumen Cabinet Card fluffy In editing Structure In Art

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very sturdy and stable condition

with its crustiness attesting to lots of hands having held it

I believe there was probably once  a tapering mouthpiece attached at the small end

Or repurpose all for some other use

Carefully Arranged Flock of Taxidermy Shore Birds, with Eggs, Antique Albumen Cabinet Card fluffy In editing Structure In ArtI'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