Antique Portable Metal Painter's Box with Palette, 1884 Patent little chair both collected in Japan and

both collected in Japan and by contemporary makers

10 3/4" long by 2 5/8" wide by 1" tall

Green painted one measures 7 5/16" tall

which I'll continue to scoop up as I think they're really a lovely

Some ingrained dirt

Antique Portable Metal Painter's Box with Palette, 1884 Patent little chair both collected in Japan andI really love the way this box was designed (in 1884) unfolding in a sequence, first to reveal the wooden palette held in place on the underside of the lid by a wire latch, and then with two doors opening out (again held in place by a wire latch) to reveal compartments for paints and brushes and whatever else inside. It's seen some use with the initials of a one time owner (T. F it appears) painted in red on the front, and with some supplies found