Drying Corn--Sublime 19th C. Albumen Stereoview paper cards The pink-red decoration on this

The pink-red decoration on this one comes from Ben Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack (there were a whole series of these illustrating different "maxims")

Really a sweet old small painting

with the crudeness of the "Black Magic" painted across the face of the chalkware book especially doing it for me

This basket measures 4 1/2" tall with a diameter ranging from 7 1/2" to 8 1/8" across due to some irregularity of the shape

which shows here and there

Drying Corn--Sublime 19th C. Albumen Stereoview paper cards The pink-red decoration on thisI've come to realize that my favorite stereoviews (and tintypes, too) tend to be very very spare ones, particularly of natural specimens, and the color of the mount plays a significant role too (matte yellow, orange and cream being the best!) I can flip through hundreds to find one I like, which finding one like this makes feel quite worthwhile to my eye just stunning formally (more rich and nuanced than photos convey) for sure, but also the spareness