Summer Amusements, second edition (1994-2001)
The Summer Amusements were introduced to Samantha's Collection in 1987, revised in 1994, and retired in 2001. They are associated with the book Samantha Saves the Day. Retail cost was $22.
Paint Box[]
Wooden painter's box. Gold hinges and latch; attached brown cord handle with gold brads and trim. Bottom has sections for paint tubes. First edition has six sections in two three-row columns; second edition has five vertical sections in single row. Inner lid has attached elastic cord with loop to store paintbrush and palette.
Paints[]
Summer Amusements, first edition (1987-1994)
Six tubes of functional watercolor paint in silver metal tubes with white caps and black labels. Colors included: Lemon Yellow, Carmine (red), Vermilion (red-orange), Viridian (green), Cobalt Blue, and Chinese White. With the 1994 revision, Chinese White was removed and tubes became slightly larger. Before retirement, tubes were changed to white plastic.
Brush[]
Black handled flat paint brush. Silver ferrule. Brown bristles.
Palette[]
Wooden painter's palette.
Pillow[]
Stuffed faux-buckram pine scented square pillow. Front has green print of pine trees on a hillside and capital block letters: "I Pine For You". Inner stuffing simulates pine needles.
Sketchbook[]
Red cover sketchbook. Bound with a thin black ribbon. Cover states My Sketchbook in script. Inner title page: Happy Memories of Teardrop Island: Sketches and Watercolors by Lydia (lower image: wildflowers with leaves). Inner pages have black and white images of birds, chipmunk, trees, flowers, rocks, or a picnic basket in lower right corners. Five simulated watercolor images included:
- Family Picnic, Summer 1897: Samantha, Lydia, and Mr. Parkington on a family picnic (lower image: picnic basket).
- Baby Samantha at the split rock: toddler Samantha sitting next to a large split rock (lower image: three rocks).
- Picking flowers with Father: Samantha and Mr. Parkington standing near a lake (lower image: wildflowers with leaves).
- Samantha at the Waterfall, 1897: Samantha and her father wading in a pond near a waterfall (lower image: monarch butterfly on a flower ).
- Good-bye to the island: Samantha on her father's shoulders near the lakeside by a canoe (lower image: water lilies).
All other pages are blank.
Trivia[]
- This is one of the few items with a clear reference image of Lydia Parkington outside of the series.