Lot of Antique German Powder Paint Pigments, Lustre Paint Blocks and More monkey toy some 200 years ago

some 200 years ago

as is often the case)

The hinges all work great and the brass latch is perfectly attached and lays flush

"  Dated March 18

but I have not been able to figure out what

Lot of Antique German Powder Paint Pigments, Lustre Paint Blocks and More monkey toy some 200 years agoI love finding things like this and so did the dealer I purchased this lot from, who had kept this lot in his own collection for 30 some years. Included are five German paint blocks for various shades of gold lustre (pale gold, bronze gold, etc), as well as two sealed glass bottle of oil (one of them clove oil) and two glass mixing pots. And then eight folded paper envelopes packed full with pure color pigment. Most appear never to have been opened