Miniaturist's Paint Box

Unknown French, French

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about 1800

Burl walnut, mahogany veneer, with walnut and brass fittings

Overall: 7 1/4 × 12 1/4 × 10 3/8 in. (18.4 × 31.1 × 26.4 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Charlotte Wood Jewett Collection; Given by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Jewett

F.982.5

Geography

Place Made: France, Europe

Period

19th century

Object Name

Personal Gear

Research Area

Decorative Arts

Not on view

Provenance

Given to Marie Schroeder Bockel, in New York, about 1870; given to Charlotte Wood Jewett (1904-1991) and Kenneth E. Jewett (1905-2003), Belfast, Maine, date unknown; given to present collection, 1982.

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