Antique Dual Hair Memento Ivory Patch Box, 18K Gold Mounts - RARE and wonderful! Barthelemy Great in the kitchen with

Great in the kitchen with toothpicks or matches

and it's just more fun to serve it as you see here

I can see some imperfections of age in the wood

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

Fine antique to vintage oil painting on board

Antique Dual Hair Memento Ivory Patch Box, 18K Gold Mounts - RARE and wonderful! Barthelemy Great in the kitchen withWhat 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