An enamelled and tortoiseshell patch box 19th century, the ovoid lidded box enamelled to the exterior and inlaid with yellow and rose gold motifs, internally a tortoiseshell tray lines the base, 6.5 cm wide. Illustrated in Cummins, Dr G., Antique Boxes: Inside and Out, Antique Collector's Club, Suffolk, colour plate 789c, p. 418.