Birds of Prey, Scarce and Marvelous Riedel, Nuremberg Mechanical Valentine c. 1830s ancient roman glass This small but chock-full watercolor/drawing

This small but chock-full watercolor/drawing sketchbook is French

Good condition with some craquelure to the varnish

The handles on the face of the drawers were soldered on

whose fingers seem to be doing double duty as both raindrops and rays of sunlight

I just couldn't resist the color on this one

Birds of Prey, Scarce and Marvelous Riedel, Nuremberg Mechanical Valentine c. 1830s ancient roman glass This small but chock-full watercolor/drawingAmazing! I love going to Brimfield, but occasions of finding true treasures digging through boxes in far corners happens less and less and less. But then this, and a second early mechanical valentine also listed today the sort of lucky finds that keep me ever hopeful. This is quite a rare one, an early mechanical valentine, published by Riedel in Nuremberg, Germany, for English export, c. 1830s I believe. My first photo shows both "before" and "after"