Daguerrean colouring set

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Daguerrean colouring set
Twenty-one glass storage jars from 21cm. to 10½cm. high, nine with paper label printed Mayer Frères. Fabrique Spéciales l'Articles de Daguerreotype a Paris, rue Vivienne, 48. Mèdaille Exposn. 1849, ten with paper printed label Couleurs Mayer and two with paper printed label Delahaye. Briois, Chemiste, St.4, Rue de la Douane, Paris, each containing coloured powders; eight glass jars, three embossed Maison Centrale de Photographie. A. Briois. 4, rue de la Douane. Paris, in a chestnut box with paper label addressed to Monsieur Briois, Avenue de la Republique, Paris, wrought iron clasp and handles, padlock and contemporary newspaper dated Samedi, 13 Septembre 1849

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The colours, as written or printed on the bottles, are: Chair homme, Chair femme, Orange, Violet clair, Rose incarnet, Mauve, Vert clair, Vert fonté Cheveux Chat, Carmin, Cheveux blonds, Violet clair lilas, No. 3 Garance, No. 17 chair femme claire, No. 15 Noir, No. 2 tons chauds, No. 21 violet foncé, No. 10 Bleu clair, No. 1 clair céleste, No. 9 jaune foncé and Gomme pulvérisée

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