SOLD C. 1870s Watercolor Paint Box with Papers, as Found in PA card trick pulling out the slide reveals

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

Another old photo of a photo

with a tail that doubles as a handle should one want to wear him around one's neck or otherwise carry him around

whose reign began in 1384 and ended when she died in childbirth

a Jewish immigrant from Austria

SOLD C. 1870s Watercolor Paint Box with Papers, as Found in PA card trick pulling out the slide revealsI 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