Two Finches and a Sparrow, Exquisite Early 19th Century Watercolor spoon rack 3 7/16" x 1 9/16"

3 7/16" x 1 9/16" x 3 1/2" tall

I was happy to open it to find a bunch of old drawing charcoal inside--and somehow that blackest black inside the olive green tin with black sans serif font feels just right and resonant to me

is to give a sense that one is being confronted by them--as if one were a little carved figure oneself

It appears to me hair from at least three different people was incorporated--blonde

On the face

Two Finches and a Sparrow, Exquisite Early 19th Century Watercolor spoon rack 3 7/16" x 1 9/16"A few more today from a second batch of fine c. 1840s watercolors, which I went back to my source in Germany to scoop up after having sold the last several I had quickly. This is not a hand colored engraving, it is an original, very finely executed ink and watercolor drawing, and my photos do it no justice; the color and detail is just glorious! One sees hand colored engravings in this manner (Bertuch et al) but quite a different thing in watercolor,