Paint box - Eleanor Phillip | McCord Museum

Paint box

Eleanor Phillip

Manufacturer Reeves & Sons, 1830-1890 (founded 1766)

Manufacturer Reeves & Inwood (founded 1796)

InscriptionsOn lid, pyrographed : ELEANOR PHILLIPS. / Montreal. / 1842

Marks or LabelsOn paint blocks .1, .3-8, .11-14 and .16-22, moulded : NEWMAN'S; SOHO SQUARE; on blocks .2 : REEVES & SONS / NEW WAX COLORS / 13 CHEAPSIDE / LONDON; .9 : [R]EEVES & INWO[...] / ORIGINAL INVENTOR / SUPERFINE COLOUR / [T]O THE ROYAL FAMIL[Y]; .10 : W. REEVES & SONS / NEW WAX COLOUR / 80 [...]ORN BRIE[...] / LONDON

Date before 1842

DimensionsBox: 2 × 8 × 20.9 cm (height x width x length) Average paint blocks: 0.9 × 1.6 × 2.9 cm (height x width x length)

ClassificationTools & Equipment for Materials - Painting T&E

Origin London, England

Object NumberM962.14.1-22

DivisionMaterial Culture - Recreational Objects

CollectionMcCord

CreditGift of Mrs. Mabel Bentham

Status

Not on view

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