SOLD C. 1870s Watercolor Paint Box with Papers, as Found in PA card trick With a hanging loop at

With a hanging loop at top

pulling out the slide reveals it was notched and carved with the notes of the scale

5" x 5" and in very good condition

with minor paint loss

Super graphic and to my eye both gorgeous and quite evocative

SOLD C. 1870s Watercolor Paint Box with Papers, as Found in PA card trick With a hanging loop atI 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