Bird's egg
Category
Natural History / Animals, Plants & Fossils
Date
Unknown
Materials
paper, cotton, flax & egg
Measurements
100 x 235 mm
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290044.12
Summary
One of thirteen rectangular boxes, cardboard and wooden, of many different sizes containing a variety of birds eggs. The boxes are mainly cigar boxes; other titles; 'W. Faulkner, High Class Cigarettes', 'Savory and Moore, Chemists', 'Charles Jeffreys, naturalist', 'Polson, Indian Corn Flour'. The eggs are packed in flax and cotton wool and in some cases a record has been made of them on the inside of the lid.