Antique Painter's Travel Box with Palette and Latching Compartments finger joints including for the men and

including for the men and women standing around with hoes in their hands (and pink and yellow striped piles of hay) makes me purely happy

and some rusting to the bells themselves

I can find no other featuring koi--so perhaps for an emperor

The images here are a bit yellow-pinker than the actual drawing

I'm a sucker for a carved shoe or boot to begin with

Antique Painter's Travel Box with Palette and Latching Compartments finger joints including for the men andI 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