All Original 1860s Scholz and Janetzky American Travel Watercolor Set die-cut I found what appears to

I found what appears to be an exact match of this lovely little bone and brass folding ruler that dates it to 1820 or so

The Winter's Day

I really can't imagine any better soap dish for next to the bathroom sink or on the lip of the tub than this one

maybe 1960s or so

All Original 1860s Scholz and Janetzky American Travel Watercolor Set die-cut I found what appears toYou can tell I am enamored with early watercolor sets, American ones especially, and this seems to be a rare one, distributed by Scholz and Janetzky, Philadelphia, featuring paints produced by George Osbourne, the leading maker of American watercolors at the time, also of Philadelphia. Founded in 1856 by Julius Scholz and Charles Janentzky, by 1876 the company had changed their name to Janentzky & Co, so these date to the 1860s or so, an early