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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:2008.C492 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name patch box, box Description An oval enamelled blue patch box. The lid is decorated with a painted scene of two doves with a pink rose, blue flowers and greenery. This is surrounded by the inscription 'A Token of Regard'. The inside of the box is of white enamel and there is a mirror on the inside lid. These patch boxes were often given as gifts and contained decorative patches used to cover scars caused by diseases such as smallpox and syphilis. Material metal, enamel Dimensions length: 35.00 mm width: 29.00 mm height: 13.00 mm Location In Store Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:2008.C492
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

patch box, box
Description

An oval enamelled blue patch box. The lid is decorated with a painted scene of two doves with a pink rose, blue flowers and greenery. This is surrounded by the inscription 'A Token of Regard'. The inside of the box is of white enamel and there is a mirror on the inside lid. These patch boxes were often given as gifts and contained decorative patches used to cover scars caused by diseases such as smallpox and syphilis.
Material

metal, enamel
Dimensions
Location

In Store

Details