Perfect Palette, Modern Style, C. Late 19th Century Windsor and Newton Nearly Untouched "Scholastic" Watercolors waif and understand that they were

and understand that they were railroad signs--I assume this one (with reflective circle screwed on top of the painted yellow surface) signaled "caution"

Paper size  18" x 15 3/8"

Lettering was pressed into the sides in the form of two "X"'s--a bit hard to read

and though not every letter and number is easy to read

7 1/2" to 8 inches tall and in very good condition

Perfect Palette, Modern Style, C. Late 19th Century Windsor and Newton Nearly Untouched "Scholastic" Watercolors waif and understand that they wereMy first attraction to this watercolor set was for its perfection as an object, with the elongated, square cornered shape of the watercolor blocks, together with their crisp, apparent unused ness, just completely doing it for me aesthetically, in a manner akin to old paint swatch color cards and the like. This set also strikes me as perfectly embodying the transition to the modern the paint blocks cakes here are whole, and removable, as with 19th