SOLD Four Snakes, Exquisite c. 1840s Zoological German Ink and Watercolor Drawing vintage art glass Contact me prior to purchase

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makes me think perhaps caved by a practiced decoy maker

25ʺ in diameter and 5ʺ tall

It also suggests that this store was pushing a generic brand of petroleum jelly

though now each leg is attached at just one point

SOLD Four Snakes, Exquisite c. 1840s Zoological German Ink and Watercolor Drawing vintage art glass Contact me prior to purchaseOne more of these from a group of four purchased from a dealer in Germany. This is not a hand colored engraving, it is an original, gorgeously executed ink and watercolor drawing, c. 1840s I believe. Whether made in advance of, or after, an engraving for a zoological volume I am not certain (though I'd guess the former) whatever the case, quite spectacular, and with the execution amplifying a sense of wonder at creatures that already seem quite