Patch box
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
1770 - 1800
Materials
metal and enamel
Measurements
25 mm (H)39 mm (W)34 mm (D)
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1247153
Summary
An oval blue enamel box inscribed on top 'Trifle from Banbury'.
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
A / Trifle from / BANBURY. (inscribed on top)