Patch Box with Portrait of a Woman

CultureScottish
Titles
  • Patch Box with Portrait of a Woman
Datec. 1780
MediumWatercolor on ivory, gilt-copper, and glass
Dimensions.A, Patch Box: 4 × 1 7/8 × 1/2 in. (10.2 × 4.8 × 1.3 cm)
.B, Original Fitted Case: 4 3/8 × 2 1/4 × 1 in. (11.2 × 5.7 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, bequest of Caroline A. Ross
Object number2005.1594.A,.B
Not on view

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Department
Rienzi
Provenance[Morning Glory Antiques and Collectibles, New York]; purchased by Caroline Ross, February 19, 1996; bequeathed to MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History"Love Tokens: Portrait Miniatures from the Caroline A. Ross Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 3, 2007–March 3, 2008.

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