Narwhal, Manatee and Friends, Exquisite Early 19th Century Watercolor pottery platter (But if you are interested

(But if you are interested in just one

I think the combination of charcoal black glaze with soft green around the rim of the vessel and lid and on the lid's center handle is just perfect

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but I did recently find this and a couple of others by the same maker

Narwhal, Manatee and Friends, Exquisite Early 19th Century Watercolor pottery platter (But if you are interestedI 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