Patch box

Oval patch box commemorating the Spithead mutiny of 1797. The surface is enamelled with a white base, green sides and polychrome lid with a mirror inside. The lid is painted with a scene showing a mounted officer, holding a paper in his right hand, the masts of the fleet in the background; inscribed above: 'The Mutineer's Pardon at Plimouth [sic]'.

Object Details

ID: OBJ0003
Type: Patch box
Display location: Display - Nelson, Navy, Nation Gallery
Events: Mutiny at Spithead, 1797
Date made: circa 1797
Exhibition: Nelson, Navy, Nation
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 45 x 35 x 25 mm
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