A George III mahogany and rosewood paint box

A watercolour paint box, possibly belonging to William Essex (1784-1869)

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Lot Closed

July 8, 01:20 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of the late Cyril and Shirley Fry

A George III mahogany and rosewood paint box

A watercolour paint box, possibly belonging to William Essex (1784-1869)

containing pigment tablets, powdered pigments, wrapped in paper or contained in ivory screw-capped tubes or cork-capped glass bottles; three ivory sheets; a silver miniature paint box by J.C. Vickery, London (1904), the lid engraved Rosalie Dec^r1904; and a Royal Academy Antique School token, for William Essex (1784-1864); together with William Essex's Royal Charter, acknowledging his position as Enamel painter in Ordinary to Queen Victoria

The box: 203 by 290 by 820 mm

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