A GROUP OF SIX GEORGE III GILT-METAL-MOUNTED ENAMEL OVAL PATCH-BOXES
LATE 18TH/ EARLY 19TH CENTURY
One depicting a lady piercing a heart on a deep blue ground; the second with cupids crowning lovebirds, inscribed 'love for love'; the third inscribed 'The gift is small but love is all'; the fourth depicting tearful family farewell; the fifth inscribed 'A Firm Faith is the best Divinity and a good life the best Philosophy', the sixth inscribed 'Happy the Man who void of care and strife with love and friendship shares a social life', five with mirrored interior, one with loose paper inventory label inscribed 'M19' another faintly inscribed '16B'
The largest 2 1⁄4 in. (6 cm) wide
A GROUP OF SIX GEORGE III GILT-METAL-MOUNTED ENAMEL OVAL PATCH-BOXES
LATE 18TH/ EARLY 19TH CENTURY
One depicting a lady piercing a heart on a deep blue ground; the second with cupids crowning lovebirds, inscribed 'love for love'; the third inscribed 'The gift is small but love is all'; the fourth depicting tearful family farewell; the fifth inscribed 'A Firm Faith is the best Divinity and a good life the best Philosophy', the sixth inscribed 'Happy the Man who void of care and strife with love and friendship shares a social life', five with mirrored interior, one with loose paper inventory label inscribed 'M19' another faintly inscribed '16B'
The largest 2 1⁄4 in. (6 cm) wide
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