Antique Portable Metal Painter's Box with Palette, 1884 Patent handmade sailboat surely glue stains

surely glue stains

Below the large painted color wheel (with initials of colors in pencil around its perimeter) are three smaller wheels highlighting examples of complementary

This is a beautiful large painted/swabbed antique ash splint rectangular work basket

There are a couple of stains on the face

Antique Portable Metal Painter's Box with Palette, 1884 Patent handmade sailboat surely glue stainsI 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