No. A1: Early Milton Bradley Watercolor Tin with Excellent Graphics, Blotter Papers, and Well Used Colors, c. 1890 trench art matchbook cover perhaps made for setting on

perhaps made for setting on the mantle in a dollhouse

and the large windows on three sides

and it was well beyond my capacities to walk away

Carved folk art pipes like this make me long for the days when pipe smoking was common

and that one appears to once have had some gilding on its front paws too

No. A1: Early Milton Bradley Watercolor Tin with Excellent Graphics, Blotter Papers, and Well Used Colors, c. 1890 trench art matchbook cover perhaps made for setting onYum. As you may know, I have a special love for early Milton Bradley products, with Milton Bradley having been the largest American producer of Froebel kindergarten materials. And this beautiful gold lettered watercolor tin dates to that early and best era, c. 1890 I believe though I can't find another example of this No. A1 set out there. I would have purchased it empty for the wonderful box alone, but happily a very painterly interior with the