Of the same class and decoration and of the same materials were many dainty snuff-boxes and patch-boxes that were made and used in England and imported to America. The latter pretty trinkets were tiny oval or round boxes about an inch and a half or two inches in diameter, frequently made of fine Battersea enamel, or of china medallions set in silver or gilt frames. Within the lid was always found a little mirror, usually of polished steel, in which the fair owner might peep to freshly set or rearrange her coquettish patches. One patch-box I have bears this motto on the top: “Have Communion with few, Be familiar with one, Deal Justly with all, Speak evil of None.” Another has a more frivolous verse: “Within this Beauty views her face And with the patch gives added grace.” Still another: “Love and Beauty conquer all, Love to Beauty.” Sometimes, as with the mirror-knobs, a little painting of shepherds and shepherdesses is set in the lid, and, with the jewelled and enamelled border, form a trifle dainty enough to rival any modern bonbonnières. These patch-boxes and “Gum Patches,” or “Patches for ladies,” or “Face Patches,” were advertised freely in American newspapers for many years previous to the Revolution—as early, surely, as 1750 in the _Boston Evening Post_; and patches were universally worn by American beauties, as Whitefield and other pious travellers sadly deplored. “China Snuff Boxes” were offered for sale in the _Boston Evening Post_ of April 16, 1773, were bought and filled with Kippen’s snuff, were lost on Boston streets, were advertised for reward in Boston papers, and no doubt proudly and ostentatiously carried by Boston beaux, as well as by Charleston macaronis. A few snuff-boxes of Battersea enamel still remain to show us how lovely they were, but the frail china ones have nearly all been destroyed, and when still existing are usually sadly cracked and disfigured. China and Battersea enamel “tooth-pick cases” were also imported and carried by Boston beaux.