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Ring
Gold ring with a square bezel, the hoop and the bezel are decorated with chased floral borders. The bezel contains fragments of blond hair contained under glass. The hoop is inscribed 'Palmam qui meruit ferat', which is the Latin motto of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805).
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Object Details
| ID: | JEW0173 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Ring |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Places: | Burnham Thorpe |
| Date made: | early 19th century |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio; Miss Everard Nelson, Edmund |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Nelson-Ward Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 10 mm x 21 mm x 22 mm |