Super Early and Ultra Scarce Set of Dixon's No. 1528 Solid Crayons, c. 1900 modern drawing The painting dates to the

The painting dates to the 1940s I believe

Found in Maine

2 1/2" l x 2" t x 1 7/16" w measured on the square and in very good structural condition

" so perhaps this was a souvenir from St

Found together and offered together

Super Early and Ultra Scarce Set of Dixon's No. 1528 Solid Crayons, c. 1900 modern drawing The painting dates to theI've done a fair bit of hunting around to date this specific box of Dixon crayons precisely, but they're earlier than the earliest other set I've found, that one 1910 and in the collection of the Huntington Libraries. But based on the logo and the font and the treatment of text here, I am pretty confident these date to just about 1900, making them a very scarce set indeed. I love them like I love Froebel's Kindergarten blocks; a distilled set of tools