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Cameo
Vitreous paste cameo, the cameo is decorated with the depiction of a mourning female figure with an urn, which is inscribed with the name 'Trafalgar'. The base of the urn is inscribed with the letter 'N'. The inscriptions refer to Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805).
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Object Details
| ID: | JEW0346 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Cameo |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Tassie, William |
| Places: | Cape Trafalgar |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
| Date made: | circa 1806 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 6 mm x 24 mm x 34 mm |