Spotted Dove(?): Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor, with Birds of Prey Notes on Reverse) cat and mouse dexterity toy 8 1/2" x 12" and

8 1/2" x 12" and in overall good condition

a carved wooden spear

as it rattles when you shake it

Faces of cards show wear but still look great

the vase is animated with expressionistically applied glazes of inky black and dark green

Spotted Dove(?): Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor, with Birds of Prey Notes on Reverse) cat and mouse dexterity toy 8 1/2" x 12" andThis is not a hand colored engraving, it is an original, beautifully executed ink and watercolor drawingone 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 volume on animal life. I find it, and all of them, just extraordinarily beautiful, and their amazing