Paint box
Roberson
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paint, Silver
Measurements
8 mm x 40 cm x 24 mm
Place of origin
Piccadilly
Order this imageCollection
Chartwell, Kent
NT 1101214
Summary
Silver miniature paint box by Roberson, 154 Piccadilly, with 9 colour tablets, on a fixing ring. Formerly part of the Heirloom Collection.
Full description
Roberson & Co. are Artists’ Colourmakers and Stationers and regular suppliers to Churchill from 1915, the year Churchill took up painting as a pastime. This charming object is sterling silver with a date-mark for 1919. It is not known how it came into Churchill’s possession but may well have been a gift from a friend or family member picking up on Churchill’s new hobby of painting, something that would turn into a lifelong passion.
Makers and roles
Roberson, silversmith