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Patch Box

Dateca. 1775

OriginEngland, Bilston

MediumEnamel on copper, pinchbeck, glass

DimensionsOH 1 1/8"'; OL: 2"; OW 1 5/8"

Credit LineGift of Lois Wagner

Object number2026-143

DescriptionPatch box: oval shape with sloping sides and convex led. Brass mounts hinged in the back opposite the molded thumbpiece in front. The domed cover with a ground of pale blue enamel and a central oval reserve bordered by a gold band and white dots. The reserve painted with an urn next to a dove-topped plaque reading “A / Token / of / Esteem” amid a tree-filled landscape. The lower portion of the box of pale blue enamel. The interior of white enamel; and the interior of the cover holds a mercury backed glass mirror.Inscription(s)The reserve painted with an urn next to a dove topped plaque reading “A / Token / of / Esteem”.ProvenancePurchased by the donor from James. M. Labaugh Antiques (Pound Ridge, NY), and in 2026, given by the donor to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, Virginia) where it remains to the present.