Super Early and Ultra Scarce Set of Dixon's No. 1528 Solid Crayons, c. 1900 modern drawing which I believe it was

which I believe it was actually meant to be

The painting dates to the 1940s I believe

with a great warm presence that one feels accrued as it was passed along from one generation to the next to the next

2 1/2" l x 2" t x 1 7/16" w measured on the square and in very good structural condition

There is one split toward to bottom of the slide top lid and another on the bottom of the box but it remains very sturdy and sound

Super Early and Ultra Scarce Set of Dixon's No. 1528 Solid Crayons, c. 1900 modern drawing which I believe it wasI've done a fair bit of hunting around to date this specific box of Dixon crayons precisely, but they're earlier than the earliest other set I've found, that one 1910 and in the collection of the Huntington Libraries. But based on the logo and the font and the treatment of text here, I am pretty confident these date to just about 1900, making them a very scarce set indeed. I love them like I love Froebel's Kindergarten blocks; a distilled set of tools