SOLD C. 1870s Watercolor Paint Box with Papers, as Found in PA brutalist ceramics Still lovely

Still lovely

vessel is 1 5/8" in diameter

This is the second table snuff box I've found

Made to sit on a desk

A pretty fabulous trio of rockers--looking rather Calder-esque to me

SOLD C. 1870s Watercolor Paint Box with Papers, as Found in PA brutalist ceramics Still lovelyI love an early box of watercolors, but even more I love finding a lovely box with lots of notes inside and happily this is both! I haven't been able to determine the maker of the "toy" watercolors, embossed with crowns" but believe they date to the 1860s 70s, and certainly either British or German, made for export. (I love that yellow paper label announcing them "Free from Poison," with text in German and French following. And then these notes folded