The Last Patch, Late 18th/Early 19th. C. British Hand-Engraved Brass Snuff (Patch) Box old handmade wooden shelf with drawer and their backsides provide translation

and their backsides provide translation and other practical (and also poetic) information

and seems to me really contemporary

and red lines rising from nostrils together convey constant motion and circulation in all directions

the number "56" written on one side

The Last Patch, Late 18th/Early 19th. C. British Hand-Engraved Brass Snuff (Patch) Box old handmade wooden shelf with drawer and their backsides provide translationI found this hand engraved snuff box at Brimfield along with the "Modern Prophecy" one with early vision of a flying machine I listed last week, and I know they came from the same collection. This one, titled "The Last Patch," late 18th early 19th c. British I believe, I presume was made as a momento mori, perhaps during wartime, marking the passing of a JK although i suppose it could be satirical, not really suggesting that this was the last patch at