these lemonade powder containers are such a good painting supply because you can fill the cap with water and then the body is the perfect height to hold a bunch of brushes
the cap has raised lines inside for measuring out the powder, which is perfect for scrubbing paint out of a brush
![passage from a book:
Criminal records note that in 1637, two men named John Allexander and Thomas Roberts were accused of "lude behavior and uncleane carriage one w[ith] another, by often spendinge their seede one vpon another."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gbeycl4wq3yjnwioithjyaqn/bafkreifk4orqpwklmbiwkwgqytdvczfajn4vglh4kuxcteofgbecadbayy)
