Patch box
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
1770 - 1800
Materials
enamel
Measurements
25 mm (H)47 mm (W)39 mm (D)
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1247120
Summary
A pink enamel oval patch box, the white top is inscribed with four lines ' Make Virtue still, Thy constant guard, And Heaven will grant, A sure reward.’ It was made in Staffordshire in the late 18th century.
Provenance
The bequest of Margaret (Anderson) McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald - later Dame Margaret - Henry Fulke Greville, DBE (1863-1942) from probate records linked with the donation of the property to the National Trust in 1943. This item found on the record for Polesden Lacey miniatures and small objects in the strong room, page 117.
Marks and inscriptions
Make Virtue still / Thy constant guard. / And Heaven will grant / A sure reward (inscribed on top)