A South Staffordshire enamel patch box

A South Staffordshire enamel patch box, c.1812, printed and coloured with a head and shoulders portrait of Arthur Wellesley, titled 'Marquis of Wellington', raised on a moulded base enamelled dark green, fitted with an internal mirror, some cracking, 4.2cm.

Provenance: from the estate of the late Barry Lock.

Wellington was made a Marquess in August 1812. He became the Duke of Wellington in 1814.