Title: Patch Box with Cupid, “Let groveling minds / For gold contend / For virtuous love / I am a Friend.”
Object type: Patch Box
Date: ca. 1770
Medium: Enamel on copper; mirror glass
Dimensions: confirmed: 1 1/4 × 1 7/8 × 2 1/16 in. (3.2 × 4.8 × 5.3 cm)
Classification: Enamels-Painted
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. James M. Kellogg, in memory of her husband, 2023
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY