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Enamel patch box.

ca. 1790

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Enamel patch box, Bilston?, ca. 1790, Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Van Ness family.
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  • Title(s)

    Enamel patch box.

  • Additional Title(s)

    Tho absent not forgotten

  • Published/Created

    Bilston?, ca. 1790.

  • Physical Description

    1 patch box : enamel, copper, glass ; 3.2 x 3.9 x 3 cm

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    NK5004.G7 B46 1790 Flat
    Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Van Ness family
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    Copyright Not Evaluated

  • Full YALE Library Record

    https://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/99129886263408651

  • Classification

    Three-Dimensional Artifacts

  • Notes

    Enamel patch box likely manufactured at Bilston, England, ca. 1790. The hand-painted top lid of the box depicts a pair of doves, each perched atop a heart, flanking the words "Tho absent not forgotten." The base of oval box is fluted and enamelled blue. The underside of the lid contains the remnants of the original mirror. The design is nearly identical to that of an object identified as a pill box in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum (see object 331-1907; http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O344599/pill-box/).

  • Subject Terms

    Enamel boxes -- Specimens. |
    Painted enamel -- England -- Bilston.

  • Form/Genre

    Enamelware. | Patch boxes.

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