Best Graphics Pair of Scarce c. 1940s Dixon Paperex Pencil Boxes, Red and Black, Partially Full color swatches I believe it dates to

I believe it dates to the first quarter of the 20th c

black brows

At some point a peg/post  was added to the base of the figure that fits squarely into a hole in the pedestal--impossible to know if the base original to him

This slip cast stoneware vase is glazed a mottled light brown

It was purchased at the estate sale of a family of artists and collectors in Marblehead

Best Graphics Pair of Scarce c. 1940s Dixon Paperex Pencil Boxes, Red and Black, Partially Full color swatches I believe it dates toSuch great graphics on these boxes, I didn't too much care if there were any "Paperex"pencils inside but happily there are, six black and eight red. With the five different colors in which they were made listed on one side of the box, which opens at the middle, and Paperex scrolled across the other side, in the color of the enclosed pancils. More commonly known as China markers or grease pencils, these are useful for marking all sorts of hard