SOLD
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Motto on lid reads "As Thou alone has power to please...
"...Love and give thy Lover ease"
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Original Mirror Inside
Suggests it was a Patch Box, for adjusting placement of beauty patches, tiny stars or hearts applied for calling attention to a lady's most lovely features
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Circa 1790 Courting Token
English enamel on copper miniature, with motto beneath & mirror inside
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Side view shows typical 18th century hinge construction
Size : Ht 1-1/4” x L 2” x 1-3/8”
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As found condition : good & intact, but with typical wear
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