C. 1800 Oversized Engraving on Laid: Chemisty mid-century trivet with a great old well

with a great old well worn matte gray painted surface

I think of painted lobster claws like this as coastal New England's answer to British vertebrae bone painted in the likeness of John Wesley

and where the stacked

on the front below a few white paint strokes (I am not entirely sure whether these are meant to detail its tail

published (in 1846) for ship builders

C. 1800 Oversized Engraving on Laid: Chemisty mid-century trivet with a great old wellOne of three engravings I am listing, c. 1800 or perhaps a little earilier, all from the same volume, which I have not identified. This one I love for the curvaceous shapes of those vessels, many quite biomorphic, and together making chemistry seem pretty sexy! Good words too: Pellican, Ingot, Muffle, Crucible, Retort, Receiver, etc. 16 1 4 x 9 1 4. Very good antique condition, no tears or creases, just some age toning mostly around the edges of the