SOLD Four Snakes, Exquisite c. 1840s Zoological German Ink and Watercolor Drawing vintage art glass It also suggests that this

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

makes me think perhaps caved by a practiced decoy maker

looking very much like a dog with devil horns

and I'm not completely sure on the fourth one with the pink head

25ʺ in diameter and 5ʺ tall

SOLD Four Snakes, Exquisite c. 1840s Zoological German Ink and Watercolor Drawing vintage art glass It also suggests that thisOne 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