Penduline Tit with Egg Filled Nest, Exquisite Early 19th Century Watercolor cloth sac Only recently did I learn--through

Only recently did I learn--through my mother's sleuthing of pottery marks--that it was made by Michael Cohen

but I've never seen one with a surface nearly as great as this

I've done some looking around

This old painting on wooden plate is very weathered

and remains in great shape

Penduline Tit with Egg Filled Nest, Exquisite Early 19th Century Watercolor cloth sac Only recently did I learn--throughI 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, very finely executed ink and watercolor drawing, and my photos do it no justice; the color and detail is just glorious! Whether made in advance of, or after, an engraving for a zoological volume I am not certain whatever the case, quite a