c. 1830s, Very Rare Osborne's Superfine American Watercolors Travel Set mask with beard and I believe made of

and I believe made of crate wood

I'll never get over the beauty of inky black painted lettering against a field of creamy white paint

It appears the top was mended at some point with some cream thread

because these are such beautifully designed objects

and the image of a family at the center of the top

c. 1830s, Very Rare Osborne's Superfine American Watercolors Travel Set mask with beard and I believe made ofI 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