c. 1830s, Very Rare Osborne's Superfine American Watercolors Travel Set Emile bluteau folk art While they bear some resemblance

While they bear some resemblance in manner to antique German Erzgebirge animals

and pelvic bones of what I believe are seated skeletons (really they look almost like they are riding bikes

8 5/8" tall x 5 5/8" w x 5 3/8" d

Initialed at center

published in 1883

c. 1830s, Very Rare Osborne's Superfine American Watercolors Travel Set Emile bluteau folk art While they bear some resemblanceI 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