The Last Patch, Wonderful Antique British Patch or Snuff Box auction sign it is hard and smooth

it is hard and smooth

otherwise great vintage condition

and on the inside is a message from the American Tobacco Company announcing: "These Lucky Strikes will commend themselves to your critical approval

but I cannot make them out

I have searched but not found anything about John

The Last Patch, Wonderful Antique British Patch or Snuff Box auction sign it is hard and smoothI jumped on this unusual box the second I saw it (which photos don't do justice), but am only now trying to puzzle out exactly what it is, and I must say it is a bit of a mystery! From what I can discern, there were two sorts of patch boxes: first, fine boxes, very similar to snuff boxes, some very similar in construction to the this one, made to hold decorative patches for the face, worn by both men and woman in the 18th and early 19th century; and