Murkwurdige Schlangen: Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor on Laid of Two Snakes penny covered bottle Definitely animated by the wear

Definitely animated by the wear to the surface

The only flaw on this otherwise excellent condition basket

Put this guy on a slightly inclined surface get him walking

and if it did not house part of Hawthorne's original copy of the novel

others painted and/or carved

Murkwurdige Schlangen: Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor on Laid of Two Snakes penny covered bottle Definitely animated by the wearThis is not a hand colored engraving, it is an original, beautifully executed ink and watercolor drawing on watermarked laidone of four watercolors I purchased from a German seller, which appear all done by the same person, c. 1800. Photos do no justice to the real thing. I would guess they were the original drawings after which engravings were then made for a zoological volume. I find it, and all of them, extraordinarily beautiful, and their amazing