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Patch box
Oval patch box with a mirror inside the lid, commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). The surface is enamelled, the base white, the sides royal blue, the lid with a blue and gilt border with white spots. Painted in colour on the lid is a portrait of Nelson within a laurel wreath and surmounted by a crown. The portrait is flanked by doves with branches in their beaks perched on foliage sprays and surrounding the whole, the inscription 'Brave NELSON'S Manly Fortitude', 'Is Crowned with Royal Gratitude'.
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0017 |
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| Type: | Patch box |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | circa 1800 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 52 x 40 x 22 mm |
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