Small patch box, rectangular in shape and with white ground, painted on all four sides with colorful scenes of figures in interiors, the lid painted with an amorous couple before a window, the underside with a small square reserve in which is painted a female figure seated in front of a window.

Patch Box

Possibly London, England

About 1760

  • Titles Patch Box (Descriptive)
  • Medium enameled copper and gilt metal
  • Dimensions 1 9/16 × 3 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (4 × 8.3 × 6.4 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Catherine H. Collins Collection, AFI.509.1998
  • Work Type patch box
  • Classification Containers

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