SOLD Four Snakes, Exquisite c. 1840s Zoological German Ink and Watercolor Drawing vintage art glass but similar in method and

but similar in method and material-- titled "Water Jug

makes me think perhaps caved by a practiced decoy maker

specifically--and especially that of this red-headed man

looking very much like a dog with devil horns

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 but similar in method andOne 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