SOLD C. 1870s Watercolor Paint Box with Papers, as Found in PA brutalist ceramics It measures 4 7/8" long

It measures 4 7/8" long x 1 1/16" wide x 4" tall and is in good antique condition

and two tiny carved breasts

so this feels perhaps akin to picturing a fire drill or duck and cover exercise--but compared to similar cups from the period that usually depicted games like 'playing at marbles' or 'leap frog

This is the second table snuff box I've found

Still lovely

SOLD C. 1870s Watercolor Paint Box with Papers, as Found in PA brutalist ceramics It measures 4 7/8" longI 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