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

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

though now each leg is attached at just one point

looking very much like a dog with devil horns

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