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Plain, rectangular mahogany box with brass escutcheon and ring hanger which opens on hinged lid to compartmented watercolor paintbox. Blocks of various dry watercolors and two cavities for water bowls (one missing). Paper label reads: "Superior London Made Water Colors Warranted Soft & Brilliant."
paint boxes
brass (alloy)
mahogany (wood)
paper (fiber product)
Box, Artist's
Box, Paint
Box, Paint
See description.
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
2 7/8 x 5 1/2 (HxD) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.181AB
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