Alton Bay, NH Wildflowers, Super Sweet and Lovely Antique Handmade Mini Herbarium metal egg shipping crate but I deeply love this

but I deeply love this thing

and "Lon" (for Longitude I believe) marked at either end

but there is no sign there were ever hinges on it

so of course I had to bring these home

Alton Bay, NH Wildflowers, Super Sweet and Lovely Antique Handmade Mini Herbarium metal egg shipping crate but I deeply love thisThe sweetest thing. I love an herbarium, but this little one, entirely handmade, makes me especially happy with the title on the cover telling us that the twelve pressed flowers inside were all gathered around Alton Bay, New Hampshire a 4 mile long cove of Lake Winnipesaukee, at the southernmost point on the lake. The small scale is part of what makes it great, with perfectly selected, singular little specimens that fit the pages just right, and then