Box of pastel colours

The wooden box contains tonally arranged pastel colours divided by a partition into two sections: white-yellow-orange-red-pink-purple-blue (top row); green, brown, grey, black (bottom row). Most of the pastels are broken, only a few remain intact.

On the lid, there is a drawing of a palette with brushes and the mark P. D. along with the inscription Marque de Fabrique. On the side, there is a label that reads: COULEURS VERNIS ARTICLES DARTISTES PIGNEL DUPONT 17 Rue Lepic. Pignel Dupont was an art supplies store located in Paris at 17 Rue Lepic, operating from 1885 to 1895. Many Parisian painters, including Vincent Van Gogh, bought their painting materials from this store.