Munsell Crayons | Collections | The Huntington

Munsell Crayons | Collections | The Huntington

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Munsell Colored Papers for the Munsell Color System
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One sample set of colored papers entitled Munsell Colored Papers for the Munsell Color System, manufactured by Wadsworth, Howland & Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1920. On the back cover is printed: "Sample set of the five middle colors red, yellow, green, blue and purple, with a lighter and a darker value of each, also white, middle gray and black." This color sample booklet is "bound" with a single brass brad.
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Embeco Crayons, Style A
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One boxed set of colored crayons entitled Embeco Crayons, Style A, manufactured by the Milton Bradley Co., Springfield, Massachusetts, ca. 1930. The box is printed in white and gray, and contains 8 wax crayons. "Standard colors with black and brown" is printed on one side of the box, below the title. "Mabel Spofford" is written in ms., in pencil, across the front.
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Six boxed sets of crayons manufactured by The American Crayon Company
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Six sets of boxed color crayons, all manufactured by The American Crayon Co., Sandusky, Ohio and New York, circa 1935. Set 1: Prang Pastello 8 Set 2: "Pastello" No. 5A Five Colors Set 3: Pastello No. 41 Set 4: Painting Crayons, No. 341 (water color crayons) Set 5: American: The 'Old Faithful' Crayons, 41 Set 6: American: The 'Old faithful' Crayons, 45 Title supplied by cataloger.
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The Manual Arts Crayon, No. 2
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One boxed set of colored crayons entitled The Manual Arts Crayon, No. 2, manufactured by The Milton Bradley Co., Springfield, Massachusetts, ca. 1930. The sliding box contains 8 colored, wax crayons. The box is gray with blue printing.
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Five boxed sets of crayons manufactured by the Standard Crayon Manufacturing Company
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Five sets of boxed colored crayons manufactured by the Standard Crayon Mfg. Co., Danvers, Massachusetts, circa 1914. Set 10: Crayel, No. 184. (16 wax crayons in a flip-top box) Set 11: Crest Light Artists Crayon. (crayon pieces in a box with a lid) "Mabel Spofford, 8 Cherry Street, On hand 1914" written in ms., in pencil, on lid. Set 12: Crest Light Artist's Crayons, No. 814 (8 wax crayons in a slipcase box) Set 13: The Artco Pastel, No. 8 (8 wax crayons in a box with lid). Set 14: The Murillo Art Crayons, with book for coloring (8 wax crayons in box with lid). Title supplied by cataloger.
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Artist's Assortment of Fine Crayons
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One boxed set of color pencils entitled Artist's Assortment of Fine Crayons; the subtitle reads: "In 12 Colors, No. 663, Eberhard Faber; The Lead Used in These Crayons is Carefully Prepared from the Finest Pigments," ca. 1906. The box is divided into a top half which slides off and a bottom half upon which is an image of a windmill by a canal. The side reads "Box Pat. May 15, 1906" and in penciled block print "Eberhard." On the reverse of the box is a listing of colors with corresponding numbers. These are: 6629 Black; 6624 Purple; 6625 Blue; 6628 Green, Dark; 6618 Green, Light; 6615 Blue, Light; 6627 Yellow; 6622 Orange; 6620 Pink; 6626 Red; 6617 Crimson; 6623 Brown. Eleven of the original 12 crayon pencils remain--only #6617, Crimson, is missing.
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