Antique Dual Hair Memento Ivory Patch Box, 18K Gold Mounts - RARE and wonderful! Barthelemy I had bought a group

I had bought a group from an anonymous estate out of Eastern Europe

A truly rare and magnificent set

Amazing considering their age

these were often parts of a set given to a child at first communion

remarkable really

Antique Dual Hair Memento Ivory Patch Box, 18K Gold Mounts - RARE and wonderful! Barthelemy I had bought a groupWhat a superb antique ivory toothpick or patch box! The papered lining still in place, and the 18K gold framed insets of thickly plaited hair are both in place and pristine, as well. The case is, as noted, a patch box. We're often asked what a patch box is, or what 'patches' are, more often. The fashion within France, in particular and later throughout Europe during the mid1700s to early 1800s was to have a noticeable beauty mark. Whlie some very few