Ladies’ covered paint box of light blue and white jasperware, oval in shape, the main body with stippled ground and decorated in relief with scenes from “Setting Out on the Hunt,” “Bringing Home the Game,” and “The Arts,” with groups of putti with dogs and hunting accoutrements, carrying game, and playing instruments, the slightly domed cover with acanthus border and sunflower finial with applied leaves against stippled ground; the interior outfitted with two white paint palettes (not original) and a blue holder with twelve small white paint cups (also not original).

Ladies’ Covered Paint Box

Wedgwood

About 1785

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