All Original 1860s Scholz and Janetzky American Travel Watercolor Set still bak telling us it had already

telling us it had already been well used

what I especially love about this copper skier is that his posture and position is exactly right for cross country skiing

13 7/8" x 10 13/16" x 11/16"

) In trying to research and place it

described as the king of birds and a kite-like figure

All Original 1860s Scholz and Janetzky American Travel Watercolor Set still bak telling us it had alreadyYou can tell I am enamored with early watercolor sets, American ones especially, and this seems to be a rare one, distributed by Scholz and Janetzky, Philadelphia, featuring paints produced by George Osbourne, the leading maker of American watercolors at the time, also of Philadelphia. Founded in 1856 by Julius Scholz and Charles Janentzky, by 1876 the company had changed their name to Janentzky & Co, so these date to the 1860s or so, an early