SOLD Exquisite c. 1840s Zoological German Ink and Watercolor Drawing: Lemurs and Tamarin) bee carrier box Feels great in the hand

Feels great in the hand and large enough to to serve cocktails

seated (disarmed) posture suggesting she may soon be the victim either of them or the murderer on the phone

who has been making functional ceramics for 50 years

She is certainly a beauty

I love the handle for easy carrying from one spot to another

SOLD Exquisite c. 1840s Zoological German Ink and Watercolor Drawing: Lemurs and Tamarin) bee carrier box Feels great in the handThis is not a hand colored engraving, it is an original, gorgeously executed ink and watercolor drawingone of several I purchased from a seller in Germany, and which appear likely all done by the same person, c. 1840s I believe. Whether made in advance of, or after, an engraving for a zoological volume I am not certain (though I'd guess the former) whatever the case, quite spectacular, and with the execution amplifying a sense of wonder at creatures