Horse Racers at Saint-Cloud, Antique French Watercolor by Pierre Albert Leroux antique boy scouts collectible The top of the box

The top of the box seems to have met the tip of many blades

and is still being made today

As a stand alone piece I think it's pretty terrific

You’re more clever than I if you can figure it all out

They are made of a mix of construction paper

Horse Racers at Saint-Cloud, Antique French Watercolor by Pierre Albert Leroux antique boy scouts collectible The top of the boxMy new favorite antique watercolor. I do seem to be having a bit of a horse moment, with several drawings and paintings of horses currently in the shop, but here it is the whole scene (set at the Saint Cloud race track just outside of Paris), and especially the faces of the riders, that put it over the top. The manner of the painting is also reminding me of Henry Darger, so I am projecting vivid interior lives onto these equestrians, and their horses