Rare Antique Penn Art Dustless White Chalk in Original Box with Slide Lid dark wood corkscrew I'd be pretty confident there

I'd be pretty confident there were once many more of these figures and related bits

You know how much I love antique square corner no indices playing cards

hand-painted in white against the red

but have a notion that it may have been made by Cynthia Nuwmark Prelack

This is my favorite object I found at Brimfield

Rare Antique Penn Art Dustless White Chalk in Original Box with Slide Lid dark wood corkscrew I'd be pretty confident thereI can find pretty much nothing out there about the Penn Art Crayon Co of Easton, PA so think the company may not have been very long lived; I found all of one listing out there anywhere, and it was for a now sold box of white chalk just like this box (listed for $120!) I have a deep visceral love for old wooden boxes of white chalk, having found a couple of boxes of "Old Faithful" previously, in boxes much like this nice to have chalk around for when