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A Georgian Coquilla Nut Patch Box
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A Georgian Coquilla Nut Patch Box

18th century
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Description

This is a great coquilla nut Georgian patch box with a carved head  of a Roman on the lid, this type of decoration was popular  typicalyl from around the 1790s-1830s.

It measures 4cm w.

Patch boxes were small, decorative containers used mainly in the 18th and early 19th centuries to hold beauty patches — tiny bits of fabric or gummed silk that fashionable men and women stuck on their faces as beauty marks.

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Opus Antiques has dated this Georgian Coquilla Nut Box to the Georgian era.

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Description
This is a great coquilla nut Georgian patch box with a carved head  of a Roman on the lid, this type of decoration was popular  typicalyl from around the 1790s-1830s.

It measures 4cm w.

Patch boxes were small, decorative containers used mainly in the 18th and early 19th centuries to hold beauty patches — tiny bits of fabric or gummed silk that fashionable men and women stuck on their faces as beauty marks.

Date of Manufacture

Opus Antiques has dated this Georgian Coquilla Nut Box to the Georgian era.

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Antique treen, boxes & decorative georgian items

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A round Georgian coquilla nut box with a hand-carved classical warrior profile in relief on the detachable lid.
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Archive I A round Georgian coquilla nut box with a hand-carved classical warrior profile in relief on the detachable lid.

A Georgian Coquilla Nut Patch Box

Archive II A round Georgian coquilla nut box with a hand-carved classical warrior profile in relief on the detachable lid. View II
Archive III A round Georgian coquilla nut box with a hand-carved classical warrior profile in relief on the detachable lid. View III
Archive IV A round Georgian coquilla nut box with a hand-carved classical warrior profile in relief on the detachable lid. View IV
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A round Georgian coquilla nut box with a hand-carved classical warrior profile in relief on the detachable lid.
A Georgian Coquilla Nut Patch Box
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A round Georgian coquilla nut box with a hand-carved classical warrior profile in relief on the detachable lid.
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Popular during the 18th and early 19th centuries, a coquilla nut patch box is a small decorative container crafted from the dense shell of the South American Attalea funifera palm, designed to hold facial patches or small personal keepsakes.

Craftsmen lathe-turned and hand-carved the extremely dense nut shell, exploiting its tight grain to achieve high-relief decorative details such as classical profiles, cross-hatched backgrounds, and notched borders.

Authentic pieces exhibit natural endosperm specks or mottled patterning inside the unpolished cavity, fine hand-carved detail with smooth wear from historic handling, and a weight and hardness comparable to vegetable ivory.

These compact carved objects are suitable for placement on stacked art books, displaying inside shallow glass vitrines, or arranging alongside other small tactile antiques on a desk or mantelpiece.

Dust gently using a soft dry brush and store away from extreme humidity fluctuations or direct heat to prevent stress cracking; periodic application of microcrystalline wax maintains the surface lustre.
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