c. 1830s, Very Rare Osborne's Superfine American Watercolors Travel Set old marbles and another in the hole

and another in the hole on the side of his base

” approximately 100

I'm always struck by how modern looking the loops of colorful glass beads (functioning as weights) found at the ends of British lace bobbins like of this one seem

all aged to a great surface

surely bringing good luck

c. 1830s, Very Rare Osborne's Superfine American Watercolors Travel Set old marbles and another in the holeI keep my eyes peeled for early watercolor sets, but the prices on these tend to be way beyond me and the early American sets even more precious than English ones. I lucked out with this, which is a rare, very beautiful c. 1830s Osborne Superfine travel set sometimes called a "toy set" I believe, due to the diminuative size of the paint cakes. Osborne was one of the few 19th century American makers of artists paint, earning renown for especially vivid