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20th Century Rare Solid Silver Miniature Watercolour Box
By Sarah Jones Silver 1
Located in London, GB
as well as an artist looking for a beautiful accessory to use to paint with watercolours. The box
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1980s British Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Silver

Jewelry box inward corners miniature hand painted Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
water tempera colors are painted on real ivory plates and are watercolor paints which, being delicate
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1990s Italian Art Deco Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Table Box Enamel on Guilloche Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
colors. The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory plates and are watercolor
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1970s Italian Modern Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Table Box Enamel on Guilloche and Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver Salimb
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
water tempera colors are painted on real ivory plates and are watercolor paints which, being delicate
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1960s Italian Baroque Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Pill Box Sterling Silver Hand Painted Miniature Enamel on Guillochè Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
water tempera colors are painted on real ivory plates and are watercolor paints which, being delicate
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1970s Italian Art Nouveau Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Sterling Silver

Pill Box Fired Enamel with Hand Painted Horse Head Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded square pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with white fired enamel, above and
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1960s Italian Art Nouveau Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Sterling Silver

Pill Box Hand Painted Miniature Enamel Louis XVI Style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular rounded pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand painted miniature
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1960s Italian Louis XVI Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Sterling Silver

Pill Box Hand Painted Miniature of a Lady with Small Dog, Art Nouveau Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
hand-painted miniature of a lady with small dog, in Viennese Art Nouveau style second half of the 19th
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1970s Italian Art Nouveau Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Sterling Silver

Mother Nature, Lyrical Surrealist Abstract Watercolour on Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid-century lyrical surrealist abstract watercolour on paper by French artist Jean Clerté, signed
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Table Box Hand-Engraved and Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with a beautiful
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1970s Italian Art Deco Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Table Box Magnificent Arabian Horse Fired Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped rectangular table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine hand-etched fire
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1970s Italian Islamic Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Baroque Style Green Table Box with Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
water tempera colors are painted on real ivory plates and are watercolor paints which, being delicate
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1960s Italian Baroque Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Table Box “The Great Odalisque” Fired Enamel on Guilloche Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
water tempera colors are painted on real ivory plates and are watercolor paints which, being delicate
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1960s Italian Empire Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Table Box Squared Green Enamel with oval miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
colors. The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory plates and are watercolor
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1990s Italian Louis XVI Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box Monocrome Miniature Hand Painted Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
are painted on real ivory plates and are watercolor paints which, being delicate, must be protected by
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1960s Italian Baroque Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Wonderful Diorama of American Home Hand Painted with Hand Painted Carved Birds
Located in Lambertville, NJ
looks like a beautiful hand painted watercolor. The birds are hand carved and painted. Looks like the
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Mid-20th Century American Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Wood

1986 Mixed-Media Untitled Work by Dike Blair POOL Table Watercolor Landscape
Located in Dayton, OH
1986 mixed-media untitled work by Dike Blair POOL table watercolor landscape Made in 1986
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1980s Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Felt, Paint

Pill Box fired Enamel Miniature Louis XVI style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand painted miniature with fire
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1970s Italian Louis XVI Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Sterling Silver

Oval Pill Box Monochrome Fired Enamel Landscape Miniature Art Nouveau Style Ster
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
water tempera colors are painted on real ivory plates and are watercolor paints which, being delicate
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1970s Italian Art Nouveau Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Sterling Silver

Table Box Sterling Silver Paillons in Pure Gold and Miniature Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
are painted on real ivory plates and are watercolor paints which, being delicate, must be protected by
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1960s Italian Napoleon III Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box Perforated Lid, Embossed and Engraved Miniature Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
water tempera colors are painted on real ivory plates and are watercolor paints which, being delicate
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1970s Italian Renaissance Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

"Balanced Rock" in the Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, CO.
By Ted Lewy
Located in San Francisco, CA
urge to travel and paint, capturing the far away as well as the down the road sites on his watercolor
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Watercolor

Snuff box Enamel Stripes and miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fire-enameled stripes and fine oval
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1970s Italian Napoleon III Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Cigarette Case Romantic couple Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
colors. The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory plates and are watercolor
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1970s Italian Art Nouveau Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Cigarette Case Fired Enamel on a Fine Hand-Engraved Mountain Landscape Sterling
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
are painted on real ivory plates and are watercolor paints which, being delicate, must be protected by
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1960s Italian Modern Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Cigarette Case Fired Enamel with Still Life Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
water tempera colors are painted on real ivory plates and are watercolor paints which, being delicate
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1960s Italian Art Deco Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Snuffbox Vessel Miniature Hand-Painted Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
water tempera colors are painted on real ivory plates and are watercolor paints which, being delicate
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1970s Italian Baroque Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box "Soap" Shaped with Horse's Head Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
water tempera colors are painted on real ivory plates and are watercolor paints which, being delicate
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1980s Italian Art Nouveau Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff box perforated, embossed and hand-engraved lid and miniature Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
tempera colors are painted on real ivory plates and are watercolor paints which, being delicate, must be
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1970s Italian Rococo Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Pocket Cigarette Case Hunting Dogs Miniature hand painted Sterling Silver Enamel
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table cigarette box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired
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1980s Italian Art Nouveau Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Pocket Cigarette Case Vessel Miniature Hand-Painted Sterling Silver Enamel Salim
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
are painted on real ivory plates and are watercolor paints which, being delicate, must be protected by
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1990s Italian Empire Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Crossing (Gemini 1776)
By Elizabeth Murray
Located in New York, NY
in acrylic shadow box frame Unique hand-colored paper assemblage with collage on Rives BFK on white
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1990s Abstract Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Remembering Florida
By David Humphrey
Located in New York, NY
the verso. In a vintage mahogany box frame, it is floated over white board under Plexiglass Signed on
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1990s Contemporary Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Paper, Oil Crayon, Oil

Remembering Florida
Remembering Florida
H 29 in W 43.5 in D 0.5 in
'Rural Mailboxes', California Woman Artist, Society of Western Artists
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
1985. A substantial and loosely painted view of five dilapidated mail boxes standing on the verge of a
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1980s Impressionist Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper

Snuffbox Head of the Statue of Liberty in New York hand painted Sterling Silver
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver with fine hand-painted fire-enamelled
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1970s Italian Art Deco Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Korean Hanging Scroll of Bamboo, Prunus, and Orchids
Located in Chicago, IL
elegant orchids blossom in the foreground. Each painted by a different artist, these sacred plants
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Silk, Paper, Ink

Cubist Nude 112
By Michael Loew
Located in Lawrence, NY
--Loew painted in a figurative style before the war and participated in the WPA mural project which gave
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1950s Cubist Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

India Ink

Cubist Nude 80
By Michael Loew
Located in Lawrence, NY
--Loew painted in a figurative style before the war and participated in the WPA mural project which gave
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1950s Cubist Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

India Ink

Cubist Nude 37
By Michael Loew
Located in Lawrence, NY
--Loew painted in a figurative style before the war and participated in the WPA mural project which gave
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1950s Cubist Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

India Ink

Cubist Nude 52
By Michael Loew
Located in Lawrence, NY
--Loew painted in a figurative style before the war and participated in the WPA mural project which gave
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1950s Cubist Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

India Ink

Cubist Nude 62
By Michael Loew
Located in Lawrence, NY
--Loew painted in a figurative style before the war and participated in the WPA mural project which gave
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1950s Cubist Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

India Ink

Cubist Nude 43
By Michael Loew
Located in Lawrence, NY
--Loew painted in a figurative style before the war and participated in the WPA mural project which gave
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1950s Cubist Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

India Ink

Cubist Nude 79
By Michael Loew
Located in Lawrence, NY
--Loew painted in a figurative style before the war and participated in the WPA mural project which gave
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1950s Cubist Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

India Ink

Original signed & inscribed drawing of a woman (bound in hardback monograph)
By Fernando Botero
Located in New York, NY
can be held within the book and framed in a shadow box; or displayed on a mantlepiece, bookshelf or
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1990s Surrealist Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Permanent Marker, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

Nude No. 22
By Michael Loew
Located in Lawrence, NY
peers--including de Kooning, Pollock, Rothko and others--Loew painted in a figurative style before the
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1950s Cubist Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

India Ink

Nude No. 20
By Michael Loew
Located in Lawrence, NY
--including de Kooning, Pollock, Rothko and others--Loew painted in a figurative style before the war and
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1950s Cubist Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

India Ink

French Menu "You Name it, I'll Draw It" (unique drawings on each side) Signed
By Larry Rivers
Located in New York, NY
Masters and Cigars (1964), which was partly copied from a cigar box that itself depicted Rembrandt’s 1662
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1960s Pop Art Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Graphite, Pencil

Animal, Women, Graphite on Paper, Pasted on Board by Modern Artist "In Stock"
By Manjit Bawa
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
), New Delhi 2011 'The Path of the Lotus: Indian Art', Grosvenor Gallery, London 2011 'Lets Paint the Sky
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1990s Contemporary Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Board, Graphite, Paper

Snuffbox Miniature Pastoral Image Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
water tempera colors are painted on real ivory plates and are watercolor paints which, being delicate
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuffbox Fired Enamel Miniature on Lid Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
water tempera colors are painted on real ivory plates and are watercolor paints which, being delicate
Category

1960s Italian Art Nouveau Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

2 Vintage Watercolor Landscape Summer Reflections in Acrylic Shadow Box
Located in Dayton, OH
Pair of vintage large watercolor paintings of impressionist style tree lined lakes titled Summer
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Paint, Paper

European Architectural Colonnaded Arcade Watercolor Painting
By Boris Vassiloff
Located in Surfside, FL
moment begins the travels of the young painter, never separated from his sketch book and paint box
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Watercolor, Board

Vintage Shadow Framed Watercolor on Paper
Located in west palm beach, FL
Vintage watercolor on paper artwork. This incredible block abstract is set inside a layered shadow
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Late 20th Century North American Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Paint, Paper

Vintage Framed Watercolors on Paper in Shadow Frame
Located in west palm beach, FL
Vintage watercolor on paper artwork. This incredible block abstract is set inside a layered shadow
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Late 20th Century North American Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Paint, Paper

1971 Hauqing Kim Chinese Winter Landscape Watercolor Painting Snow Bridge
Located in Dayton, OH
1971 Huaqing Kim (Liu Quan) watercolor painting showing a winter mountain landscape of the Dongkya
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1970s Chinoiserie Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Paint

Pair of Watercolor Paintings in the style of Pompeian Wall or Ceiling Decoration
Located in Morristown, NJ
20th c., an unusual pair of watercolors in the style of Pompeian wall of ceiling decor. Both are on
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1980s Italian Classical Roman Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Plexiglass, Wood, Paint, Paper

Large Scale Modernist Abstract Watercolor in Acrylic Frame by Rodolfo circa 1986
Located in Danville, CA
Beautiful watercolor abstract cityscape by Rodolfo, 1986. The work is beautifully framed in a white
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1980s American Modern Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Paint, Paper

1970s California Landscape "Coastal Farm" Encaustic Paint on Board
Located in Soquel, CA
with great technical skill. When I was ten, they let me use the oil paint box, and I've been painting
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1970s Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Encaustic, Cardboard, Canvas

Pair of Vintage Watercolor Winter Landscape Paintings by Dorothy M. Reece Kordas
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome pair of watercolor paintings each depicting a different winter landscape by Dorothy M
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Late 20th Century American Modern Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Paper

Table Box Octagonal Light Blue Fired Enamel and Miniature Madame Drouais on Sali
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on
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1980s Italian Other Retro Watercolor Paint Box

Materials

Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver

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With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the retro watercolor paint box you’re looking for. Each retro watercolor paint box for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, enamel and silver. Your living room may not be complete without a retro watercolor paint box — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Each retro watercolor paint box bearing modern, Art Nouveau or Baroque hallmarks is very popular. A well-made retro watercolor paint box has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Franco Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni and Alfred Dunhill are consistently popular.

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