Patch Box
Date1800-1825
MediumPolychromed enamel, copper, glass
DimensionsOH: 1"l OL 1 7/8"; OD 1 9 1/16"
Credit LineBequest of Grace Hartshorn Westerfield
Object number1974-617
DescriptionPatch box: Oval box with sloping sides, convex led. Brass mounts hinged in back with moulded thumbpiece in front. The domed cover decorated with a central oval reserve painted with white leafy flowers on a blue ground; the blue reserve surrounded by a scalloped gold border with radiating wedged sections lined in green and each containing a single blue dot. The interior of the cover holds a mercury backed glass mirror. The lower portion of the box of white enamel painted in the round with a wavy green line and small blue flowers.ProvenanceEx coll: Grace hartshorn Westerfield
1790-1825
ca. 1760
1785-1825
ca. 1825
1800-1835
18th century
ca. 1770
ca. 1750