Patina-Full 19th Century Tin Fold Out Painter's Box, As Found (with Brushes and Ballantine Bottle Opener) sgraffito plate 3 11/16" across at handle

3 11/16" across at handle

5 7/16 x 3 3/8 and in good condition

Vesta Kent of (I can't quite decipher the town) Maine

and these to my sensibilities are very much both of those

Patina-Full 19th Century Tin Fold Out Painter's Box, As Found (with Brushes and Ballantine Bottle Opener) sgraffito plate 3 11/16" across at handleI've got a weakness for old painter's boxes, especially ones that have been much used: carriers of creativity, literally and relative to aura! This one was produced by Frost & Adams, Boston, fourth quarter 19th c; established in 1869, Frost & Adam was an artists' supply firm located on the current site of Boston City Hall and City Hall Plaza! It appears to me this box had a second or third or fourth or tenth ! life in the mid 20th century, with new