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Rectangular mahogany box with hinged lid containing thirty glass jars of various pigments and gum arabic with their names engraved in French on old Sheffield plate lids, a spatula, pen-knife, compass, wooden rule, brush holder and mixer; two drawers behind secret removable panel, one containing three small pieces of unused ivorine and nine used, a portrait on card of a young girl and an unused piece of mounted card, a gilt-metal inkwell and sugar vessel, a glass palette and a pumice stone; the other housing a folding easel covered with green velvet
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A NINETEENTH-CENTURY MINIATURIST'S BOX
Rectangular mahogany box with hinged lid containing thirty glass jars of various pigments and gum arabic with their names engraved in French on old Sheffield plate lids, a spatula, pen-knife, compass, wooden rule, brush holder and mixer; two drawers behind secret removable panel, one containing three small pieces of unused ivorine and nine used, a portrait on card of a young girl and an unused piece of mounted card, a gilt-metal inkwell and sugar vessel, a glass palette and a pumice stone; the other housing a folding easel covered with green velvet
4½ in. (115 mm.) high, 12¼ in. (312 mm.) wide, 7 3/8 in. (187 mm.) deep
Rectangular mahogany box with hinged lid containing thirty glass jars of various pigments and gum arabic with their names engraved in French on old Sheffield plate lids, a spatula, pen-knife, compass, wooden rule, brush holder and mixer; two drawers behind secret removable panel, one containing three small pieces of unused ivorine and nine used, a portrait on card of a young girl and an unused piece of mounted card, a gilt-metal inkwell and sugar vessel, a glass palette and a pumice stone; the other housing a folding easel covered with green velvet
4½ in. (115 mm.) high, 12¼ in. (312 mm.) wide, 7 3/8 in. (187 mm.) deep
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Sale room notice
Please note that some of the pigments in this lot contain toxic substances. They include massico, blanc de plomb and possibly verde vessie which contain lead compound and vermillion which contains a mercury compound. The lump of pumice as described in the catalogue entry is actually a lump of cerrusite which contains naturally occuring lead carbonate. These substances are toxic by ingestion and inhalation and hands should be washed after handling.