No. A1: Early Milton Bradley Watercolor Tin with Excellent Graphics, Blotter Papers, and Well Used Colors, c. 1890 trench art matchbook cover and under her simple cotton

and under her simple cotton dress a smartly wrapped undergarment fastened with a safety pin

perhaps made for setting on the mantle in a dollhouse

I was glad to already know the satirical humor embedded in it

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

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

No. A1: Early Milton Bradley Watercolor Tin with Excellent Graphics, Blotter Papers, and Well Used Colors, c. 1890 trench art matchbook cover and under her simple cottonYum. 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