paint container

Wooden paint box that is rectangular and has one long section, one medium section and 12 shallow, raised sections for paints. The long section is lined with black paper and has a gold-coloured inscription and the medium section is lined with plain blue paper. The dividing wood has black and gold patterned paper on the top and around the paint sections are inscriptions to denote the colour.

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