Coffret d'aquarelliste, CSR OB 2(6)

Author(s): anonymous dating in century: 19th century type(s) of object(s): decorative arts name(s): box materials and techniques: wood (material), metal, mother-of-pearl, textile (technique), glass, paper, watercolor dimensions - artwork: height: 11cm width: 33. 5cm depth: 22. 9 cm description: compartmented watercolor box, including 16 bottles of old pigments, a small palette, a mortar and a glass container, the inside of the lid is decorated with a watercolor and the outside with a mother-of-pearl inlay marks, inscriptions, hallmarks: signature - inside the cover, watercolor, b. G "[signature?] 1898" inscription - on each small bottle of pigment, label "prussian blue. " “ash/blue” “white/lead” “white/light. ” “unburned sienna. ” "ochre de ru" "bistre" "vermilion" "yellow/naples" "lacquer" "carmine" "yellow stonecrop" "earth/sienna/burnt" "earth/cologne" "red brown" "yellow ocher" iconographic description: compartmented watercolor box, including 16 old bottles, lid decorated with a mother-of-pearl inlay and inside a watercolor representing a landscape with mill and cottage mode of acquisition: legacy name of donor, testator, seller: siohan, corrie and robert date of acquisition: 1991 institution: museum of romantic life inventory number: csr ob 2 exposed: museum of romantic life - workshop 1, room 1 (large room). Unknown date