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One-of-a-kind signed Huguenin repoussé antique, circa 1900, Swiss sterling silver patch box featuring birds under canopy of mushrooms. Incredibly imaginative and beautifully embossed design of birds nestled under trees on the forest floor with mushrooms towering overhead. The box is signed "Huguenin" 3 times: -- on the front and back bottom edges and in the forest floor. The edges of the front and back of the box are decorated with repoussé bunches of grapes and leaves. A rich almost fingerprint texture decorates the entire lid of the box. Two silver hallmarks along the inner lid. Mirror inside the lid in perfect condition and has a ring that allows you to wear it as a locket. 2 inches across, and the price includes 1/4 oz (8 ml) solid perfume of your choice. Patch boxes came into use during the 18th century at the court of Louis XV, where the use of "beauty patches" was popular. A beauty patch was made of gummed silk and was pasted on the skin as a "beauty mark" to emphasize a woman's facial feature, usually the cheek.
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