Porcelain painter's palette - J. Rowney, England

An antique white molded porcelain painter's palette with rectangular and circular compartments, bearing the embossed mark "J. ROWNEY – ENGLAND" on the reverse, a British manufacturer of art supplies renowned since the 19th century. This type of palette was intended for painters for preparing and mixing oil, gouache, or watercolor paints. The compartments retain significant traces of dried, multicolored pigments, attesting to actual use in a studio. A beautiful working object, it has now become a piece of great aesthetic value, evocative of the artistic process of the past.

✦ Origin: England
✦ Estimated period: Circa 1900
✦ Dimensions: 19.5 x 10.5 x 2 cm
✦ Material: Glazed porcelain
✦ Condition: Signs of use with traces of old studio pigments, structure intact

An authentic everyday object for an artist, sought after for studio decoration, a collection related to graphic arts or a cabinet of curiosities.