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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:2008.C493 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name patch box, box Description A small enamelled white and pink patch box. The lid screws on and is painted with "Remember the giver". Patch boxes like these were most fashionable in the mid-18th century and often given as gifts. Face patches have been used throughout the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries as either fashion trends or to cover up skin blemishes. Material metal, enamel Dimensions diameter: 17.00 mm height: 13.00 mm Location In Store Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:2008.C493
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

patch box, box
Description

A small enamelled white and pink patch box. The lid screws on and is painted with "Remember the giver". Patch boxes like these were most fashionable in the mid-18th century and often given as gifts. Face patches have been used throughout the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries as either fashion trends or to cover up skin blemishes.
Material

metal, enamel
Dimensions
Location

In Store

Details