Total Lunar Eclipse from Austrian Journal of Popular Astronomy, c.1876 mid-century educational toy including for the fact that

including for the fact that it would be useful for everything from mixing to scraping

to the chickens pecking away on the green next to the train tracks

There is light wear visible around the lip in the form of some very tiny stains and perhaps a few very tiny nicks (noticeable only upon very close inspection)

"Be Prepared

I believe it was created by Thomas Field Mostrom (1959-2005)

Total Lunar Eclipse from Austrian Journal of Popular Astronomy, c.1876 mid-century educational toy including for the fact thatThis spectacularly gorgeous image portrays a total lunar eclipse which occurred June, 1863. It is an antique book page from a volume of Zeitschrift fr populre Astronomi (Journal of Popular Astronomy) published by Lith Anst, Graz, c. 1876. The image itself was created by Ernest Matthey Guenet, who I have found some mentions of but not much about. I know very little about astronomy, and lunar phenomenon specifically, but I could stare at this all day