Antique Portable Metal Painter's Box with Palette, 1884 Patent little chair a member of the Committee

a member of the Committee of the Irish Exhibition of Living Art and a member of the Royal Hibernian Academy

both collected in Japan and by contemporary makers

10 3/4" long by 2 5/8" wide by 1" tall

Green painted one measures 7 5/16" tall

wonderfully aged and worn condition

Antique Portable Metal Painter's Box with Palette, 1884 Patent little chair a member of the CommitteeI really love the way this box was designed (in 1884) unfolding in a sequence, first to reveal the wooden palette held in place on the underside of the lid by a wire latch, and then with two doors opening out (again held in place by a wire latch) to reveal compartments for paints and brushes and whatever else inside. It's seen some use with the initials of a one time owner (T. F it appears) painted in red on the front, and with some supplies found