Horizontal Panel with a Bird, from Varii Generis Opera Aurifabris Necessaria
Paul Birckenhultz German
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Ornamental frieze with a large bird with out-stretched wings at center, surrounded by scrolling tendrils. The bird holds the end of a tendril in its long, straight beak. From a series of six plates with horizontally hatched backgrounds. According to Berliner, the backgrounds of the plates in this series were further darkened at a later date.