Lots of little things today because sometimes that's what I find--and how to resist what feels like a box of pure sunshine on a very gray day?! I'd be disinclined to ever use these, but would be very inclined to pull open that lid over and over again to look at these very bright yellow "An-Du-Spetic" "sight saver crayons" in their perfectly pristine state, sitting atop a cushion of sawdust.

Smith + Binney was founded in 1885 and is best known for inventing Crayola crayons in 1903. These "An-Du-Septic" crayons were so named to signify clean, dustless chalk. This is a very early box of them, probably distributed to teachers as a salesman sample, the match of which I can't find out there. C. 1900 or so I would guess, with that paper label feeling close kin to Milton Bradley labels on kindergarten blocks from around that time.

Box 3 7/8" x 2 7/8" x 7/8". Excellent condition.