Narwhal, Manatee and Friends, Exquisite Early 19th Century Watercolor pottery platter quite a thing

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With a clear coat over the painting that gives it a sheen

Narwhal, Manatee and Friends, Exquisite Early 19th Century Watercolor pottery platter quite a thingI went back to my source in Germany to scoop up another handful of these gorgeous c. 1840s zoological watercolors, having sold the last several I had quickly. This is not a hand colored engraving, it is an original, gorgeously executed ink and watercolor drawing, c. 1840s. Whether made in advance of, or after, an engraving for a zoological volume I am not certain whatever the case, quite marvelous and with the fine execution amplifying a sense of