Spotted Dove(?): Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor, with Birds of Prey Notes on Reverse) antique lab glass Plus gold paint on the

Plus gold paint on the lower halves of each of the three interlocking locks

Each 12 3/8" l x 4 1/8" w x 1/8" d

Plate itself is in very good condition

and i would imagine it was made by a young man as a gift for his sweetheart as things like this very often were

or big heart for the hat

Spotted Dove(?): Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor, with Birds of Prey Notes on Reverse) antique lab glass Plus gold paint on theThis 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