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Watercolorist's box in rosewood veneer inlaid...

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Watercolorist's box in rosewood veneer inlaid with brass with clover motifs, rectangular in shape, it opens with a lid inlaid with a shell containing the watercolorist's kit: tablets or "blocks" of colors signed REEVERS & INWOOD, glass bottles, palette and white porcelain cups, brush holders and small bone pots. It opens with a drawer in front forming a desk and rests on small griffin feet. In a black lacquered wood protective case. With its two keys. England, 19th century. Case : H : 15 - W : 34 - D : 25 cm Protection case : H : 18 - W : 37 - D : 29 cm Belonged to the painter Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS (1919-1994) William Revers and John Inwood were associated between 1796 and 1812 at 299 Strand London.