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COLEM:2008.C493

Colchester Collections

patch box, box

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.

metal, enamel

diameter: 17.00 mm
height: 13.00 mm

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