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Patch Box

Dateca. 1775

OriginEngland, Bilston

MediumEnamel on copper, pinchbeck, glass

DimensionsOH: 1"; OL: 1 5/8"; OW: 1 3/8"

Credit LineGift of Lois Wagner

Object number2026-145

DescriptionPatch box: oval copper patch box with inward tapering sides, flat bottom, and shallow domed lid. The top enameled white and surrounded by molded copper mount with small projection (finger lift) at center front; lid hinged at back and fits tightly over narrow copper collar which surmounts the top rim of the pale blue enameled base of the box; the interior of the lid is fitted with a mercury backed glass mirror. The top is transfer printed in black with an oval reserve containing a woman holding a laurel wreath over a lamb monument amid a landscape; “Love the giver.” is in an arc above the reserve and two tied branches in an arc are printed below it. The base is enameled white on the interior.Inscription(s)“Love the giver.” is in an arc above the reserve on the cover.ProvenanceIn 2026, given by the donor to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, Virginia) where it remains to the present.