c. 1860s Osborne's Toy Watercolors Set Manufactured by Lewis Haehnlen, More than Complete figure on rock minor and not visible when

minor and not visible when closed

and certainly he's got enough personality to be the protagonist in a finger puppet drama

blue boy at desk is 4 3/4" tall

all the good I think

In this age of artificial intelligence

c. 1860s Osborne's Toy Watercolors Set Manufactured by Lewis Haehnlen, More than Complete figure on rock minor and not visible whenI decided not to touch this, but if one wanted, I believe a light swipe with a damp paint brush across the surfaces of the individual watercolor blocks would remove whatever light scattered soil sits on their surfaces (I don't think they've been touched in well over a hundred years) and make them all look bright and (old )new again. This is a "toy" watercolor set, meaning the blocks are smaller than full scale in size, I believe dating the 1850s 60s,