Mixed Lot of China Paint Pigments carving by rita The flip side of the

The flip side of the box is decorated as well

and there are a couple of small tears to the cotton ground of one of the sleeves

when optical illusions because a big thing in France (check out the phénakisticopes published by Joseph Plateau)  and reversal portraits were circulated

and there is no mark

I'd love to see these stay together and think they make a great pair

Mixed Lot of China Paint Pigments carving by rita The flip side of theHonestly, I bought these phials of china paint pigment simply because I thought they were beautiful I find myself so hungry for color these days, and these feel rather like pure medicinal grade doses of it! I also really love the names of some of the colors: "soft Wedgwood blue", "apple pedal pink", "heliotrope", "eve green". The look of the little bottles lined up neatly in a row, with their cork stoppers and apothecary like labels just feels really