Scarce c. 1860s E. Eberhard Faber Polygrade Drawing Pencils in Original Case with Snap Closure make do lid To make some mirth it

To make some mirth it seems is meant

near complete I think

but this large rectangular tray is I think my favorite-- the cleanest and most useful design of the lot

colorful bird on one branch

Scarce c. 1860s E. Eberhard Faber Polygrade Drawing Pencils in Original Case with Snap Closure make do lid To make some mirth itI love pencils, and pencil boxes, but I am not a pencil connoisseur so I did not know, in finding this box (in southern Maine this week), how early (sometime between 1855 77) and how notable it is among pencil aficionados! Faber polygrade pencils, launched in 1837, were important in offering pencils according to a system of standard grades, and established the Faber name globally. They were also the first by Faber to use the Cont Hardmuth process of