Schmetterlinge: Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor on Laid of Butterflies spillekins in addition to their collective

in addition to their collective poise and intense straight ahead stares

or so these were used to decorate around Christmas nativity scenes

could be put to use as a sifter or strainer

The 1903 deck

While there is not a lot written about Lapid Pottery Works

Schmetterlinge: Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor on Laid of Butterflies spillekins in addition to their collectiveThis 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