The Last Patch, Wonderful Antique British Patch or Snuff Box dovetailed box 6 1/2" long x 2"

6 1/2" long x 2" d

in the studio for pens and pencils

and then buried deeper in the earth what I imagine is a giant tuber

(Seems not a bad thing to have an extra pair of all seeing eyes around

The Last Patch, Wonderful Antique British Patch or Snuff Box dovetailed box 6 1/2" long x 2"I jumped on this unusual box the second I saw it (which photos don't do justice), but am only now trying to puzzle out exactly what it is, and I must say it is a bit of a mystery! From what I can discern, there were two sorts of patch boxes: first, fine boxes, very similar to snuff boxes, some very similar in construction to the this one, made to hold decorative patches for the face, worn by both men and woman in the 18th and early 19th century; and