Super Early and Ultra Scarce Set of Dixon's No. 1528 Solid Crayons, c. 1900 hand carved animal he looks to me as

he looks to me as if just at that time in life when one finds oneself no longer young but rather firmly planted in adulthood

45" l x 7 1/16" w

Made in Japan 1950s-60s

which feel great to wrap one's hands around

Super Early and Ultra Scarce Set of Dixon's No. 1528 Solid Crayons, c. 1900 hand carved animal he looks to me asI've done a fair bit of hunting around to date this specific box of Dixon crayons precisely, but they're earlier than the earliest other set I've found, that one 1910 and in the collection of the Huntington Libraries. But based on the logo and the font and the treatment of text here, I am pretty confident these date to just about 1900, making them a very scarce set indeed. I love them like I love Froebel's Kindergarten blocks; a distilled set of tools