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Patch box
Oval patch box with a mirror inside the lid, commemorating the battle of Camperdown, 1797. The surface is enamelled with a white base, pink sides, the lid white with a black inscription within a pink border with white dots. The lid is inscribed: 'Glorious 11th Octr English Valour Triumphant and Dutch Perfidy Defeated'.
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0007 |
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| Type: | Patch box |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Camperdown, 1797 |
| Date made: | After 1797 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 43 x 35 x 25 mm |