"Dr. Lealaug + Lost Owl," Rockford College (Female Seminary), Cabinet Card, 1893 cup with animal head ) Thick hand-blown glass with

) Thick hand-blown glass with an applied handle and large pontil on the underside (which I forgot to document

Mexico City

1860s--developed with little attention to the lower portion of the photo with the expectation of being cased

this one features a lovely little woven raffia detail at the very center of the base surrounded by a coiled ring

) I'd probably frame them up just as is

"Dr. Lealaug + Lost Owl," Rockford College (Female Seminary), Cabinet Card, 1893 cup with animal head ) Thick hand-blown glass withFirst off I am jealous of this young woman to have an owl, that most magical of creatures, perched on her hands. Gentle and calm, she looks like just the right person for it though and what a wonderful dress, too:) On the reverse is written what looks like Dr. L. Lealaug (quite an accomplished young woman as well, it would seem) + lost owl, May 21, 1893. And then Rockford College, Illinois. Rockford was founded in 1847 as the Rockford Female Seminary,