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- photo c.2012 R.M. Bodoh
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- William
Reeves
- Artists
watercolor paint box
- c.
1784 to 1789
- Not
for sale
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- William
Reeves invented the watercolor block or cake as it is known in
1781,
- making
the painting of watercolor more portable.
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had honey in their recipe to make the paint rewettable.
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- Before
this colors had to be prepared by the artist or a colorman and
the paint dried out easily.
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- In
1784 William and his partner and older brother Thomas split into
two businesses by their individual names.
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- Trade card in
this box
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- William Reeves Paint
block -- 1784-1789
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- This is the paint original
to the box.
- Enlarged for details
- We need more like these for the collection
and will trade or buy
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- he
outside of the box shows their distinctive design from the 1700's
with "rope" banding with ebony :
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- Reeves
palettes
- These
are paint palettes found in this Reeves Paint Box some may be
replacements from other art supply companies. Most pallets provided
by the various art supply brands were made for them by various
china & other producing manufacturers
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 Small round pallets found
- in this William
Reeves paint
- box 1784-1789
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- Shown are
four of 6 pallets which are all different
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and thickness- they appear to be all individually
- hand formed.
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- None have
a makers mark.
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