Patch Box

Mediummetal; enamel; glass

Dimensions1 1/8 x 2 x 1 3/4 inches (2.9 x 5.1 x 4.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Nelda C. Stark, 1981

Object number41.900.839

ClassificationsToilet Articles

DescriptionCircular shaped; blue enamel sides; hinged; white ground; pastoral scene; black lettering which reads: I Love too well/ to Kifs [sic kiss] and Tell; mirrored interior cover.

ProvenanceProbably W.H. Stark [1851-1936] and Miriam Lutcher Stark [Mrs. W.H. Stark, 1859-1936]; by inheritance to their son H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; by inheritance to his wife Nelda C. Stark [1909-1999]; gifted March 5, 1981 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to The W.H. Stark House

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