Antique Portable Metal Painter's Box with Palette, 1884 Patent little chair 10 3/4" long by 2

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

wonderfully aged and worn condition

both collected in Japan and by contemporary makers

with hands hovering over the action below as if controlling it

Antique Portable Metal Painter's Box with Palette, 1884 Patent little chair 10 3/4" long by 2I 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