Schmetterlinge: Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor on Laid of Butterflies spillekins could be put to use

could be put to use as a sifter or strainer

fairly minor

While there is not a lot written about Lapid Pottery Works

I'd bet this thing will last forever

Schmetterlinge: Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor on Laid of Butterflies spillekins could be put to useThis 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