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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:1955.2063 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name patch box, box Description A long flat oval, tortoiseshell box. The lid has a decorative floral pattern and is detached from the base. In the centre of the lid is a small oval lozenge painted with a classical figure. The base of the box is lined with silk. Patch boxes like these were most fashionable in the mid-18th century and often given as gifts. They contained decorative patches used to cover scars caused by diseases such as smallpox and syphilis. Material tortoiseshell, metal, silk Dimensions length: 93.00 mm width: 26.00 mm Location In Store Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:1955.2063
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

patch box, box
Description

A long flat oval, tortoiseshell box. The lid has a decorative floral pattern and is detached from the base. In the centre of the lid is a small oval lozenge painted with a classical figure. The base of the box is lined with silk. Patch boxes like these were most fashionable in the mid-18th century and often given as gifts. They contained decorative patches used to cover scars caused by diseases such as smallpox and syphilis.
Material

tortoiseshell, metal, silk
Dimensions
Location

In Store

Details