Paint Sticks

2018/024

Selection of sixteen Windsor & Newton draughtsmen’s water colour sticks (unused)

c.1960

SKU: 2018/024 Categories: , ,

Description

Selection of sixteen Windsor & Newton unused draughtsmen’s water colour sticks used in the early 1960’s in a cigarette tin (50 State Express 333). Some of the sticks are wrapped and others unwrapped. None has been used. The colours are:

  • Indigo
  • New Gamboge
  • Gamboge
  • Chrome Orange (x3)
  • Windsor Violet (x2)
  • Raw Sienna (x2)
  • Natural Tint
  • Sepia
  • Scarlet Lake
  • Prussian Blue
  • Yellow Ochre
  • Carmine

Porcelain mixing dish with lid (c.1965).

Additional information

Acquisition Number

2018/024

Item Type

Short Description

Windsor & Newton water colour paint sticks

Manufactured by

Date of Manufacture

c. 1960

Sub-items

None

Supporting Items

None

Makers Number

None

Marks

None

Dimensions (mm)

Tin box: 147 x 108 x 17. Ceramic dish (with lid): 90 (dia) x 29.

Donor

Date Donated

July 2018

Materials

Gum arabic and powdered pigments

Condition

Good

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