Birds of Prey, Hand-colored Engraving from Bertuch, 1790-1810 hand thrown ceramics and which is screwed to

and which is screwed to the thick wooden base

used in tea ceremony

This and the rest from what I understand came from a  sketchbook of drawings Malta did in the 1930s or so

perhaps alongside a pretty bowl filled with walnuts

Birds of Prey, Hand-colored Engraving from Bertuch, 1790-1810 hand thrown ceramics and which is screwed toSuch a proud and fierce bunch of birds! This hand colored copper engraving comes from Friedrich Justin Bertuch's 'Bilderbuch fur Kinder', published in Vienna, 1790 1810, as a 12 volume series aiming to "spread the knowledge of the epochs out before children". It featured a total of 6000 gorgeous illustrations, of which this one a hand colored copper engraving featuring six birds of prey including the intimidating Black Vulture at upper left is