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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:1990.27 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name patch box, box Description An 18th century circular patch box covered with white paper, printed with a blue scroll pattern and labelled 'Pains Transparents'. The box contains seven transparent patches - 1 black, 1 maroon, 1 dark pink, 1 red, 2 fawn and 1 clear. The face patches in these boxes would have been used throughout the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries to cover blemishes or convey the wearers desires by their placement. Production date 1700 - 1800 Production period Georgian Material paper Dimensions diameter: 47.00 mm depth: 11.00 mm Location In Store Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:1990.27
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

patch box, box
Description

An 18th century circular patch box covered with white paper, printed with a blue scroll pattern and labelled 'Pains Transparents'. The box contains seven transparent patches - 1 black, 1 maroon, 1 dark pink, 1 red, 2 fawn and 1 clear. The face patches in these boxes would have been used throughout the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries to cover blemishes or convey the wearers desires by their placement.
Production date

1700 - 1800
Production period

Georgian
Material

paper
Dimensions
Location

In Store

Details