An Early Child’s Paint Set, 1838

$1,000 · Offered by Between the Covers

(1838). A small set of paints, including a brush, housed in a hand-made wood tray with beveled edges and sliding cover, measuring about 3 ¼” x 2 ¼”. The tray is dated at the bottom in pencil “Feb. 7, 1838, price 6 cts; brush 2 cts”. The tray contains a...... More

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