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19th Century George Rowney Antique Watercolour Box
Located in London, GB
hole (stored in the drawer at the bottom of the box), 2 wooden quill pens, wooden watercolour brush
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1890s British Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Wood

Alfred Ashdown Box (fl.1879-1910) - Late 19th Century Watercolour, water lilies
Located in Corsham, GB
watercolour paper.
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19th Century Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Watercolor

Porcelain Box - China Ink and Watercolor - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Porcelain Box, 1890s, is a china ink and watercolor drawing on ivory-colorated paper by Anonymous
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Late 19th Century Modern Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Porcelain Box - China Ink and Watercolor - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Porcelain Box, 1890s, is a china ink and watercolor drawing on ivory-colorated paper realized by
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Late 19th Century Modern Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Watercolor, Ink

Porcelain Box - China Ink and Watercolor - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Porcelain Box, 1890s, is a china ink and watercolor drawing on ivory-colorated paper by Anonymous
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Late 19th Century Modern Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Watercolor, Ink

Porcelain Box - China Ink and Watercolor - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Porcelain Box, 1890s, is a china ink and watercolor drawing on ivory-colorated paper by Anonymous
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Late 19th Century Modern Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

19th Century Watercolour - Artist's Self Portrait
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour self portrait. The artist seems to take inspiration from the self portraits
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19th Century Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Watercolor

Framed 19th Century Watercolour - The Drunkard
Located in Corsham, GB
A detailed watercolour study of a drunk gentleman pouring himself another glass of port. He props
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19th Century Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Watercolor

Early 19th Century Watercolour - Letter Writing
Located in Corsham, GB
An exquisite watercolour study depicting a regency woman in her finery sat in an interior. In her
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Early 19th Century Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Watercolor

c. 1850 Watercolour - The Victorian Bride
Located in Corsham, GB
portrait is unsigned. The painting is presented in an utterly charming original, embossed leather box from
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19th Century Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Watercolor

The Carillon - Original China Ink and Watercolor - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
ink and watercolor on paper. Excellent conditions. The Carillon is a small format drawing realized
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1880s Modern Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Watercolor, Ink

[CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER]. - Botanical Studies
Located in London, GB
[CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER]. A Group of 10 Flowers and Butterflies. mid to late
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Rice Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

[CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER]. - Botanical Studies.
Located in London, GB
[CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER]. Group of 12 flowers and insects. Mid to late
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Antique Watercolour Boxes

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Gouache, Watercolor, Rice Paper

19th century watercolour of a Girl at her Dressing Table
By William Henry Hunt
Located in London, GB
-preserved watercolour was painted by William Henry Hunt in around 1833. Almost certainly depicting his young
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19th Century Old Masters Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Watercolor, Pencil

La Vue - Juan les Pins - 19th Century Watercolor, Flowers by Sea Landscape Duhem
By Henri Duhem
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Watercolour on paper circa 1925 by Henri Duhem depicting a view of the sea from the promenade at
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

English Victorian Oak Deskbox with Original Watercolor Portraits by R. Simkin
Located in Wells, ME
doors. The doors of this slant front box have original watercolors behind glass of the Prince Consorts
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Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Watercolour Boxes

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Oak, Paper

Antique Decorative Finery Box, English, Jewellery, Keepsake, Regency, Circa 1830
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
antique decorative finery box, with a charming watercolour painting to the lid and an eye-catching lined
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Mid-19th Century British Regency Antique Watercolour Boxes

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Wood

Gilt Sterling Silver Filigree Jewelery Miniature Watercolors, 19th Century
Located in Gardena, CA
filigree Trinket Box with miniature hand painted watercolor scenes - an octagonal box with raised
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19th Century Antique Watercolour Boxes

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Sterling Silver

French Art Nouveau Bourgeois Aine-Paris Paint Box Set, Circa 1910's
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Bourgeois Aine-Paris Paint Box Set, France Early 20th Century Art Nouveau child's watercolor paint
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1910s French Art Nouveau Antique Watercolour Boxes

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Wood, Paint

French 19th c Paper Covered Box With Neo-Classical Diorama Under the Glass Top
Located in valatie, NY
French 19th c Wood and Paper Covered Painted Box With A Neoclassical, Palladian Style, Building
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1840s French Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

The Road to Cliff, Fowey, Cornwall 1926. Lamorna Valley Colony.Cornish Plein Air
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Watercolor Signed & dated 1926 lower left. Image size 13.4 inches x 11.4 inches ( 34cm x 29cm ). Frame size
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Watercolor

Welsh Hounds from the Packs of Lieutenant Buckley & the Honourable H.C. Wynn.
By Arthur Wardle
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Hon. H.C. Wynn. Watercolor. Signed. Image size 7.68 inches x 10.83 inches ( 19.5cm x 27.5cm ). Frame
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Fairy in the Pussy Willows with Baby and Spider Web Fantasy Children's Book
Located in Miami, FL
Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois: Wafer jar; Vase; Bon-bon box; Bowl; Bon-bon box (hexagonal); Vase
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1920s Art Nouveau Antique Watercolour Boxes

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Pencil, Watercolor

Aranea diadima a study by Walter Spies, an artist living in Indonesia in the 30s
Located in PARIS, FR
produced many studies of insects in the Dutch naturalist tradition. In this watercolour from 1925, Walter
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1920s Art Deco Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Watercolor

Sunset, Along the Front Range, Colorado, 1900s Traditional Landscape Painting
By Charles Partridge Adams
Located in Denver, CO
watercolor and had success in the new medium selling his paintings in stores in Colorado Springs, Pueblo
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Early 20th Century Hudson River School Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Watercolor

A Group of twelve Courtiers
Located in London, GB
[CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER]. Group of 12 Courtiers. Mid to late nineteenth century
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Late 19th Century Other Art Style Antique Watercolour Boxes

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Watercolor, Gouache, Rice Paper

A Group of twelve Courtiers
A Group of twelve Courtiers
H 10.63 in W 15.24 in D 0.79 in
Rare Brodie & Middleton Compendium of Artists’ Colors
Located in Bath, GB
. The box dates to c.1880 and measures 11 3/4" x 8 1/4" x 2". Note: In their trade catalogue of August
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1880s British Late Victorian Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Ceramic, Glass, Wood

Rare Brodie & Middleton Compendium of Artists’ Colors
Rare Brodie & Middleton Compendium of Artists’ Colors
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H 2 in W 11.75 in D 8.25 in
Folio from Communion of Saints, Reading from the Book of St. Matthew.
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Exhibitions: Otto F. Ege Box Folio 27 Ege describes these folios as: Epistolary (Epistolarium), Italy
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15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Ink, Vellum

Richard Wintzer, A Young Woman & Bathing Machine, Drawing
Located in Cheltenham, GB
. Thy last sad days, what shall they be? Sans wheels, sans steps, a box so wee, That only fowls will
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Early 20th Century Academic Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Paper, Ink

'Don't I Wish it Was Loaded'
By John Hassall
Located in London, GB
hand-made cannon replica at his feet, made from an empty tin box of Capstan Navy Cut Cigarettes. The
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Early 1900s Art Deco Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Gouache

French Pastel Portrait of a Chevalier of the Order of St Louis.
By (Circle of) Jean Baptiste Greuze
Located in Cotignac, FR
array of colors, a feature of the medium still characteristic of today’s pastel box. These pigments were
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18th Century Romantic Antique Watercolour Boxes

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Paper, Pastel

Figures - Pen Drawing by Auguste François-Marie Gorguet -Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
, tapestries boxes, designer, illustrator. He was a pupil of Gustave Boulanger, Jean Léon Geròme and Léon
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Early 20th Century Modern Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Pen

Une Chambre - Original Pencil Drawing by Unknown French Artist Late 1800
Located in Roma, IT
painters painting huge canvases. Spread in the bedroom, a heater and a color box. On the back of the paper
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Late 19th Century Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Pencil

Painter in the Jardin de Luxembourg, Paris
Located in London, GB
sits under the foliage with dog at her side and wooden box of oils with which to feed her palette. She
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1910s Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Portrait drawing of Harriot Mellon, Mrs Thomas Coutts
By Henry Fuseli
Located in London, GB
inscribed on the verso, Covent Garden Theatre / Admit seven to my box / T. Coutts / Saturday May 13th 1815
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19th Century Old Masters Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Pencil

Two Compartment Tunbridge Ware Tea Caddy Uncommon Depiction Dover Castle, c1870
By Henry Hollamby
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
credited with the production of the 'original' versions of many topographic images (based on watercolours
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Satinwood

Nude, Figural, Watercolor and Gouache, Catalogued Rodin's Studio
By Odilon Roche
Located in Wiscasset, ME
will, to classify the entire contents of the artist's studio, including countless boxes of drawings and
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Early 20th Century Modern Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Gouache, Watercolor

California Coast Landscape Marine Painting, Watercolor Painting Rocks, Waves
By Charles Partridge Adams
Located in Denver, CO
. Watercolor on paper, not signed, attributed to the artist. Presented in a vintage frame measuring 12 ¼ x 15
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1920s American Impressionist Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Watercolor

Art Nouveau Portrait of Redhaired Lady Watercolor by French Master Brisgard
Located in Stockholm, SE
(perhaps old Hollywood...). Dressed in a beautiful stage gown, she holds an intricately patterned box close
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Wood, Paper, Watercolor

China Export Watercolour on Pith Paper: A Set of Twelve Processions
Located in London, GB
from Europe. The albums of pith paintings (and later the little glass-fronted boxes) were inexpensive
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1870s Other Art Style Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Watercolor, Rice Paper

Etching Watercolour - The Ruins Of Carthage Remains Of The Temple Of Mars - 18th
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
A delightful watercolour etching depicting the ruins of Carthage, remnants of the Temple of Mars
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18th Century French Other Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Paper

Etching Watercolour - The Ruins Of Carthage - Remains Of The Temple Of Mars 18th
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
A delightful watercolour etching depicting the ruins of Carthage, remnants of the Temple of Mars
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18th Century French Other Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Paper

Admiral Lord Nelson's Tortoiseshell Snuff Box with Certificate of Authenticity
Located in Jersey, GB
tortoiseshell composition snuff box was originally owned by Lord Nelson, and features a miniature watercolor
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Late 18th Century European Rococo Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Tortoise Shell

Table Refectory Dining Seats18 Antiquarian Parquetry Elm Oak Box 368cm 145" long
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
acrylic, ink and watercolor. In 2008, she was selected to be a part of The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel
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1880s British Gothic Revival Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Boxwood, Elm, Oak

Group of Eight Exotic Fruit.
Located in London, GB
[CHINESE SCHOOL]. Group of Eight Exotic Fruit. 19th century, c.1880. Group of eight watercolour
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1880s Naturalistic Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Watercolor

Group of Eight Exotic Fruit.
Group of Eight Exotic Fruit.
H 9.25 in W 12.75 in D 0.75 in
“Flower Picking”
By Myles Birket Foster
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautifully executed original hand colored lithograph using gouache and watercolor. Scene in Surrey
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1880s Impressionist Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Lithograph, Watercolor, Gouache

“Tending the Sheep”
By Myles Birket Foster
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautifully executed original hand colored lithograph using gouache and watercolor. Scene in Surrey
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1880s Impressionist Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Lithograph

Plate 15. Watermelon on the Vine with Arcahia Moth.
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Florham Park, NJ
, lizards’ eggs, bulbs, chrysalises that had not yet opened, and many round boxes filled with pressed
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Early 18th Century Academic Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving

Unitiled - (Young Lady with Red flowers)
By John Knowles Hare
Located in New York, NY
for a candy box illustration.
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1910s Art Deco Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Purple Grapes.
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Florham Park, NJ
yet opened, and many round boxes filled with pressed insects for sale! Maria Merian worked on the
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18th Century and Earlier Academic Antique Watercolour Boxes

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Watercolor, Archival Paper, Archival Tape, Gesso, Handmade Paper, Laid P...

Purple Grapes.
Purple Grapes.
H 25 in W 21.5 in D 1.25 in
Set of Six Japanese 19th Century Paintings
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Set of six 19th Century Japanese Kano school paintings, circa 1860. These beautiful ink watercolour
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19th Century Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Silk

Set of Six Japanese 19th Century Paintings
Set of Six Japanese 19th Century Paintings
H 17.33 in W 19.3 in D 1.97 in
Rare Historical Set Japanese Oshi-E Textile Art Panels Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
and stored in a wood box inscribed with ink of the title and artist's name Eigetsu and seal. According
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Watercolour Boxes

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Silk, Fabric, Paper

‘La Ville et le Pont de Londres’ [London], large folio ‘Vue d’optique’ by Loyer
By Optique
Located in Norwich, GB
Optical view of London (England) XVIIIth century optical view in original watercolors
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1780s English Baroque Antique Watercolour Boxes

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Paper

Pantheum Moonlight, Early 20th century surrealist landscape, Cleveland School
By Ferdinand Burgdorff
Located in Beachwood, OH
headed West with the intention of becoming a desert landscape painter. He lived in box cars with
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1910s Surrealist Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Oil

Winter Palace: Saint Petersburg (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
with no dust jacket, as issued for this boxed edition. This handsome volume of watercolors and
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18th Century Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Paper

Winter Palace: Saint Petersburg (Book)
Winter Palace: Saint Petersburg (Book)
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H 12.5 in W 15 in D 1.5 in
Hiroshige Scene Meiji Period Scroll Japan 19c Artist Marked Nihonga Style
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Den Nidai Hiroshige "Edo Suburbs Famous Place Sumida River Upstream Map" paper book watercolor
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Watercolour Boxes

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Silk

FINE Original By CHARLES CATTERMOLE (1832-1900) British OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING
Located in Ferndown, GB
backdrop of historical anecdote with accuracy and fidelity, and his watercolours are perhaps most alluring
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Mid-19th Century Realist Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Oil

"Sherman Rose" Adobe, Monterey California - Signed 1923 Original Etching
By Ferdinand Burgdorff
Located in Soquel, CA
headed West with the intention of becoming a desert landscape painter. He lived in box cars with
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1920s American Realist Antique Watercolour Boxes

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Paper, Etching

OIL PAINTING By MAJOR John E . Bale OLD FINE MASTER 19th Century BRITISH SCHOOL
By John Edward Bale
Located in Ferndown, GB
is embellished with calligraphy and watercolour titles by Bale. During this tour, Bale was promoted
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Late 19th Century Realist Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Oil

Le Quai de la Tournelle - Impressionist Cityscape Oil by Eugene Galien-Laloue
By Eugene Galien-Laloue
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
as a lady carrying a large hat box looks on. Trams and carts are passing down the wet road. Galien
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1910s Impressionist Antique Watercolour Boxes

Materials

Paper, Gouache

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Antique Watercolour Boxes For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of antique watercolour boxes available for sale. Each of these unique antique watercolour boxes was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, mahogany and paper. Antique watercolour boxes have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 19th Century. Antique watercolour boxes bearing Victorian or Neoclassical hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. Many antique watercolour boxes are appealing in their simplicity, but G. Rowney and Co. and Reeves & Sons produced popular antique watercolour boxes that are worth a look.

How Much are Antique Watercolour Boxes?

Antique watercolour boxes can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $1,500, while the lowest priced sells for $127 and the highest can go for as much as $14,500.
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