Lampshade painting outfit
Winsor and Newton Ltd
Category
Education objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard, glass, ceramic, paper, metal and wood
Measurements
Box - 320 mm (length); 180 mm (width); 47 mm (height)
Place of origin
Rathbone Place
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671015
Summary
A cardboard box containing a lampshade painting outfit produced by Winsor and Newton. The box and its hinged lid are covered in black and white marble-effect paper. The interior is divided into different compartments. The back compartment contains five glass bottles each containing a different colour ink (black, orange, light green, Prussian blue and purple). There are four glazed china circular mixing palettes, a pencil, a paintbrush and four rolls of brown paper. There are also a couple of drawing pins and three paper clips. There is a black and white printed paper label stuck to the inside of the lid which reads as follows 'Windsor And Newton's Lampshade Painting Outfit, Rathbone Place, London, England'. Total number of items is 21.
Marks and inscriptions
On the top of the lid: 'WINSOR AND NEWTON'S/ Ars Probat Artificem/ OUTFIT FOR/ LAMPSHADE PAINTING'
Makers and roles
Winsor and Newton Ltd, maker