19th Century Tin Cup with Bird's Nest and Spotted Quail Egg, As Found in Maine impressionistic landscape with terrific banded pattern around

with terrific banded pattern around the sides created through a wax resist technique

down to the red stained brick wall they're sitting on

original woven rush seat

and quite extraordinary

presumably antique condition

19th Century Tin Cup with Bird's Nest and Spotted Quail Egg, As Found in Maine impressionistic landscape with terrific banded pattern aroundOn 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