All Original 1860s Scholz and Janetzky American Travel Watercolor Set antique sailors cosh A super pair of vintage

A super pair of vintage candlestick holders with a super retro feel

I really can't find any other examples of this out there for sale

including some rusting along the edges and scratches as documented in photos

) Hand-sculpted of white clay and

and at some point was stickered by the Orrington Historical Society

All Original 1860s Scholz and Janetzky American Travel Watercolor Set antique sailors cosh A super pair of vintageYou can tell I am enamored with early watercolor sets, American ones especially, and this seems to be a rare one, distributed by Scholz and Janetzky, Philadelphia, featuring paints produced by George Osbourne, the leading maker of American watercolors at the time, also of Philadelphia. Founded in 1856 by Julius Scholz and Charles Janentzky, by 1876 the company had changed their name to Janentzky & Co, so these date to the 1860s or so, an early