C. 1780 Battersea Bilston Enamelware Motto Patch Box with Interior Mirror farmhouse bowl making them quite nice to

making them quite nice to play with

including detachable basket at front that folds open and closed and a bottom shelf under the cart that raises and lowers from the far end

very sharp and clear

which appears gray-black until held to light

much more commonly one sees antique handheld plier-like molds

C. 1780 Battersea Bilston Enamelware Motto Patch Box with Interior Mirror farmhouse bowl making them quite nice toI've always wanted a Battersea enamel patch box so old, late 1700s, and like little jewels, and so contemporary feeling in many of the messages they bear but I've never quite settled on one until finding this one near Albany this week that seemed just right to and maybe for! me. (Pretty much everything I buy I'll be happy to keep for myself, so I am always my own first customer!) I shot it with 3 4x magnification so the crazing on the white enamel