Antique "Boys Own Paint Box" Toy Watercolor Set grenelle mission letter opener I have found a few

I have found a few other related examples out there (sold at auction and in museum collections

Box measures 7 3/4" long x 3 5/8" wide x 1 1/8" deep

the other W Loughton

This is the sort of thing I really can't believe exists in the world

I'm really not certain the age of this one but it clearly has some

Antique "Boys Own Paint Box" Toy Watercolor Set grenelle mission letter opener I have found a fewI'm always on the hunt for rare antique watercolor sets, and, as a lover of miniature things, seem to have a special knack for finding what would be called "toy" watercolor sets, with extra small watercolor blocks. Though there is no maker's mark on this set but It seems to me it must have been made in Germany for the English American market. The paint blocks show crowns on one side and the other side is embossed ""Feine Malerfabre," meaning fine