Schmetterlinge: Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor on Laid of Butterflies modern servingware this is not that old

this is not that old

I love the person who recognized the crocodile hidden in this old piece of driftwood

It's glazed on the interior to make it water tight

Wonderful rich green trees and shurbs and grass framing them on all sides

pretty much a perfect thing as far as I am concerned

Schmetterlinge: Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor on Laid of Butterflies modern servingware this is not that oldThis is not a hand colored engraving, it is an original, beautifully executed ink and watercolor drawingone of four watercolors I purchased from a German seller, which appear all done by the same person, likely 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 volume on animal life. I find it, and all of them, just extraordinarily beautiful, and their amazing