Wunderbare Fische: Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor on Laid of "Wonderful Fish" carved santo 15 1/8” x 12 1/4”

15 1/8” x 12 1/4” framed

it measures 7” tall x 2 3/4” diameter at widest

salvaged from old clock faces or paneled mirrors

but I must say I have not found another I find nearly as charming as this one

I have a very small brain indeed

Wunderbare Fische: Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor on Laid of "Wonderful Fish" carved santo 15 1/8” x 12 1/4”This 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, likely 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, just extraordinarily beautiful, and