Details
An English enamel oval patch box
the lid painted in polychrome with a figure of a beggar, with the legend Pity the sorrows of a poor old man, early 19th century -- 5.5cm. long; and a concave, rectangular patch box, the white ground heightened with gilt scrolls and painted with a riverside scene and reserves of flowers, 19th century -- 4.3cm. wide. (2)
the lid painted in polychrome with a figure of a beggar, with the legend Pity the sorrows of a poor old man, early 19th century -- 5.5cm. long; and a concave, rectangular patch box, the white ground heightened with gilt scrolls and painted with a riverside scene and reserves of flowers, 19th century -- 4.3cm. wide. (2)