Paint box, Florentine style wooden box, mementos and contents
Scope and contents
Paintbox has a curved lid with a red velvet interior. The wooden box is of Florentine design (H2018.470/47). Contents include art supplies and mementos consisting of: tray 1: three feathers (H2018.470/1-3); an OPSM fabric glasses cleaner (H2018.470/4); cream reading glasses (H2018.470/5); magnifying glass (H2018.470/6); graphite rubber (H2018.470/7); paint container with remnants of gold paint (H2018.470/8); Perry and Co. Indent pen box with pen nibs inside (H2018.470/9); round gold tin with horse in relief on tin lid and pen nibs inside (H2018.470/10); Penna Lancia no. 920 pen box with nibs inside (H2018.470/11); blue plastic pencil sharpener (H2018.470/12); disc of blue watercolour tablet (H2018.470/13); mini set of watercolour tablets in black case with brown vinyl cover (H2018.470/14); Foxy, gelatin silver oval photograph, ca. 1965-1978 (H2018.470/15); Scallop shell (H2018.470/16); needle and black cotton thread on cotton reel (H2018.470/17); disc of viridian green watercolour tablet (H2018.470/18); Windsor violet watercolour tube (H2018.470/19); Pelikan tempera Blue Green Verde esmeralda gouache tube (H2018.470/20); Windor and Newton Cotman rose madder (Alizarin Lake) watercolour tube (H2018.470/21); Windsor and Newton chinese white watercolour tube (H2018.470/22); small Fox head (H2018.470/23); Tooth and bone of Foxy, made by Vali and titled inside pendant (H2018.470/24), Pelikan ink 14 siena bruciata (H2018.470/25); green costume jewellery jewell (H2018.470/26); tiny starfish (H2018.470/27); 5 cent piece (H2018.470/28); brush made in Japan (H2018.470/29). Tray 2: Box inscribed 'Cylcyamens cycle' (H2018.470/30); with the following contents originally inside: fine pen nibs (H2018.470/31); 4 balls of graphite rubbers (H2018.470/32); small safety pins (H2018.470/33); 4 pen nibs (H2018.470/34-37); 3 small mother of pearl shells; 4 dog's teeth for burnishing paper (H2018.470/38-41); small lime green and metal Madonna Dell'Arco medal (H2018.470/42); fragment of arm and hand from figurine ? (H2018.470/43); orange paper clip (H2018.470/44); brass jewellery container with inlaid shell ? and blue velvet interior (H2018.470/45); silver Maria Dell'Arco medal on chain (H2018.470/46) and wooden box (H2018.470/47).
Extent
47 piece of realia ; 13.5 x 23.5 x 16 cm
Processing information
The contents of the paint box are housed in a separate box.
- Box: PCLTRE 775 Box 3 Part 1 Paintbox (Realia)
- Box: PCLTRE 775 Box 4 Part 2 Contents (Realia)
Repository details
Part of the Pictures Collection, State Library Victoria Repository
328 Swanston Street
Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia
03 8664 7002