Murkwurdige Schlangen: Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor on Laid of Two Snakes nose and mouth with some wear and paint

with some wear and paint loss to the bottom of the paws

Unsigned but in the manner of Alvino Bagni's bulls for Bitossi

heads 2 1/2" to 3" wide

There are a few missing mirrors and embroidery loss in a few spots  (see photos)

it didn't take me too long to figure out is an ale measure

Murkwurdige Schlangen: Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor on Laid of Two Snakes nose and mouth with some wear and paintThis is not a hand colored engraving, it is an original, beautifully executed ink and watercolor drawing on watermarked laidone of four watercolors I purchased from a German seller, which appear all done by the same person, 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 zoological volume. I find it, and all of them, extraordinarily beautiful, and their amazing