Shaw + Nodder 1792 Ambystoma Mexicanum (Mole Salamander) Hand-Colored Copper Engraving seated hermes Image area 12" x 9

Image area 12" x 9 1/4"

What I especially like about this whimsy chain

The best sort of Jesus nut

which included many fine antiques

The one with the pink shirt and mint green lower half with come out of his base

Shaw + Nodder 1792 Ambystoma Mexicanum (Mole Salamander) Hand-Colored Copper Engraving seated hermes Image area 12" x 9This is a striking and wonderfully surreal looking hand colored Shaw and Nodder copper engraving of a Mole Salamader, or Ambystoma Mexicanum, dated 1792. Recently, I found a couple of Shaw and Nodder engravings that had been enhanced with additional watercoloring and annotation by a holder of them in the first half of the 19th century; that is not the case here, but those heightened my awareness of them, and then I found this one in Vermont this week.