Murkwurdige Schlangen: Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor on Laid of Two Snakes nose and mouth it didn't take me too

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

) It looks to have been owned at some point by an Elsie whose last name is a bit of a challenge to decipher

this one just a little watercolor sketch

heads 2 1/2" to 3" wide

and I think this is a sweet one

Murkwurdige Schlangen: Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor on Laid of Two Snakes nose and mouth it didn't take me tooThis 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