SOLD Kilburn Brothers Moths and Butterflies No. 89, Early Hand-colored Stereo Card mend only then understanding the surface

only then understanding the surface was in fact metal

I think our subject might be as much a figurative as literal daughter of Tecumseh

this box appears very much gold

There is a big fat glaze drip on one side

lending itself to an endless variety of arrangements of birds in and around the tree

SOLD Kilburn Brothers Moths and Butterflies No. 89, Early Hand-colored Stereo Card mend only then understanding the surfaceAmong the loveliest stereoviews I've ever seen for sure, and quite a collectible one I think; I've found several mentions reproductions of it on sites devoted to stereoviews, and found one other example of it in a notable photography collection. It was photographed and produced by the Kilburn Brothers (Benjamin West Kilburn and his brother Edward Kilburn) of Littleton, New Hampshire, among the most significant of the American photographers and