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They were supplied by Reeves & Woodyer, 'Superfine Colour Preparers to Her Majesty, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales & Royal Family'. The three bottles are labelled 'Ackermann's brilliant carmine', 'W H Edwards's lilac purple', and 'W H Edwards's sunflower yellow'. The other contents of the box include bowls for mixing colours and holding water, a tiny bone palette and brush rest, pairs of dividers and pincers, and brushes, as well as small slabs of paint in many colours. The box contains a printed endorsement from the manufacturers with the ink date 'February 12th 1814'.<br><br><b>Ownership & Use</b><br>The practice of painting designs onto silk velvet was an outlet for the amateur artist, to create panels that she could then make into decorative objects with her needle. 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