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Watch
Pocket watch decorated on the back with black and grey enamel and a portrait depicting Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). The back of the watch is inscribed with the words 'Baron Nelson of the Nile'. The watch has an enamelled dial, Arabic numerals and gold hands and is wound through the front. The number 'No 8505' is inscribed on the back plate of the watch.
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Object Details
| ID: | JEW0251 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Watch |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Places: | France |
| Events: | French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798 |
| Date made: | circa 1780 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 75 x 55 x 25 mm |