Antique Painter's Travel Box with Palette and Latching Compartments founding father and I've not come across

and I've not come across one before

MA last week

and still bound

5 3/8” across with tail

Silvery gray paint completed the effort

Antique Painter's Travel Box with Palette and Latching Compartments founding father and I've not come acrossI really love these old painter's boxes, especially those still holding their original palettes, and will always scoop them up when I find them. C. 1870s, clearly well used, with all of its original components (less the paints and pots and brushes that would have been acquired to fill it.) The lid of the rear section pulls up to reveal grooves for tubes of paint or charcoals pastels, and the front section's top tray (meant for holding brushes) lifts