As Found, Evocative Brown Paper Wrapped Packet of Bird Identification Labels ceramic collection in a powder room or

in a powder room or on a vanity

Clearly it's a piece of trench art

spitting out rolled up fortunes

and are quite satisfying things I think

And considered this way

As Found, Evocative Brown Paper Wrapped Packet of Bird Identification Labels ceramic collection in a powder room orSomething about this package of labels wrapped in brown paper and tied up in string satisfies my eye and sensibilities very much. And then there is the fact of what's inside: hundreds of unused printed cardstock labels produced by the American Ornithological Union (now Society) made for identifying birds. I believe these would have been used as tags for labeling specimens, as in Chicago's Field Museum or the Museum of Natural History. And so, one