SOLD C. 1870s Watercolor Paint Box with Papers, as Found in PA Wittnauer compass which turned the graphite drawing

which turned the graphite drawing of the features of a face it into a face on the moon

The paper (which is a light cream color) seems to show some age

which one could frame

it is stuck on pretty well

) Lots of ways

SOLD C. 1870s Watercolor Paint Box with Papers, as Found in PA Wittnauer compass which turned the graphite drawingI 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