patch box
Summary
An oval box with concave sides and gadrooning around the base with a plain brass mount and a hinged lid with a mirror inside. Enamel on metal and painted in the centre of the lid, in sepia, in a slightly raised panel, with a landscape with a church and trees, surrounded by a blue border bearing a motto in perished gilt lettering, encircled by raised white dots and gilt scalloping on white. Body of the box is ultramarine.
Object Name
patch box
Dimensions
Patch Box: 2.4cm x 4.3cm
accession number
1958.209
Collection Group
Place of creation
South Staffordshire
Medium
Credit
Harold Raby bequest
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