Child's paint box in book form
This book-form box is designed with a curved spine and beveled-edge covers. The varnished exterior is undecorated except for a commercial decal of a child holding a doll on the front cover. The case and shallow interior tray are made of coniferous wood with all glued joins, and a hinged whitewood top cover. The inside of the cover has a color lithograph, with the portrait of a boy, possibly added at a later date. The removable tray reveals a lower compartment and holds twelve tablets of watercolor molded with an elephant motif, and a small round porcelain dish. The upper tray compartments are lined in green floral-patterned printed paper, while the top edges of the walls are painted black. The box is closed with a hook and eye latch in the center of the foredge. -- description by Mindell Dubansky in consultation with Marijn Manuels
Artwork Details
- Title: Child's paint box in book form
- Date: between 1875 and 1885
- Geography: United States
- Dimensions: 1 paint box : wood, chromolithograph, watercolor cakes, metal hardware ; Height: 7 1/2 × 5 1/8 in. (19 × 13 × 4 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Lynn and Bruce Heckman
- Object Number: N7433.3 .C45 1875
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Samuel Putnam Avery Sr.
1874–80
Samuel Putnam Avery Sr.
1871–82
between 1860 and 1869
between 1800 and 1899
between 1815 and 1825
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