A rare South Staffordshire commemorative patch...

A rare South Staffordshire commemorative patch box, c.1810-20, printed with full length portraits of the Prince of Wales and Mrs Fitzherbert, titled on a ribbon beneath, raised on moulded sides in a pale blue, fitted with an internal mirror, restored, 4cm.

Provenance: from the estate of the late Barry Lock.

Maria Fitzherbert (née Smythe) was the twice-widowed companion of the future George IV, whom he married in 1785 without his father's consent, rendering the union invalid under the Royal Marriage Act of 1772.