Antique Painter's Travel Box with Palette and Latching Compartments modern salt and pepper which seems it might have

which seems it might have just driven off of a film noir set of the 40s or early 50s

heightens for me the feeling of this as a very specific loss and the family grieving around them

but perhaps it was carried by a cyclist touring the world

And so perhaps just the right box in which to store one's diary

Nickel is spelled wrong

Antique Painter's Travel Box with Palette and Latching Compartments modern salt and pepper which seems it might haveI really love these old painter's boxes, especially those still holding their original palettes, and will always scoop them up when I find them. C. 1870s, clearly well used, with all of its original components (less the paints and pots and brushes that would have been acquired to fill it.) The lid of the rear section pulls up to reveal grooves for tubes of paint or charcoals pastels, and the front section's top tray (meant for holding brushes) lifts