Set of 8 French c. 1900 Microscope Slides with Insect Specimens final sign there is some wear around

there is some wear around her waist so I think likely there was once a wire there to hold her up by

Terrific patina

I know very little about decoys

leading somewhere into the future

Or turn it upside down--it sits squarely on the ears and snout--and use it as a vase or even as a planter

Set of 8 French c. 1900 Microscope Slides with Insect Specimens final sign there is some wear aroundIt seems beautiful glass microscope slides are finding me lately and these antique French ones with handwritten specimen descriptions on lithographed paper labels I think are just so lovely. Silkworm and foot of a caterpillar happily need no translation, and then there appears to be the scale of a sole (fish I assume) and mouth of a ?, and something human! (perhaps your deciphering skills will be better than mine!) All of the specimens are visible