Description
Heading : A Georgian glass patch stand
Period : George III
Origin : England
Colour : Clear
Bowl : Lipped tray
Stem : Two ball knops
Foot : Conical and folded
Pontil : Snapped
Glass Type : Lead
Size : 3.6cm height. 6.2cm diameter. 4.5cm diameter foot
Condition : Excellent. no chips or cracks
Restoration : None
Weight: 45grams
To hold silk or velvet patches and known as mouches. These were used to hide the scars left from small-pox and also the blemishes caused by lead oxide used to whiten the skin.
The positioning of patches on a ladies’ face was an indicator as to her thinking and marital prospects. In the case of men their political allegiances. Tories would wear a patch on the right of their face below the eye. Whigs to the left.
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