Two Finches and a Sparrow, Exquisite Early 19th Century Watercolor spoon rack It appears to me hair

It appears to me hair from at least three different people was incorporated--blonde

but I believe this would have been used by a blacksmith doing fine work

with a slight bend in the heavy cardboard of the blonde-haired boxer of the joined pair

I've come across old Magic Lantern slides before

On the face

Two Finches and a Sparrow, Exquisite Early 19th Century Watercolor spoon rack It appears to me hairA few more today from a second batch of fine c. 1840s watercolors, which I went back to my source in Germany to scoop up after having sold the last several I had quickly. This is not a hand colored engraving, it is an original, very finely executed ink and watercolor drawing, and my photos do it no justice; the color and detail is just glorious! One sees hand colored engravings in this manner (Bertuch et al) but quite a different thing in watercolor,