Patch box lid

The lid of a patch box commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). The surface is enamelled, painted with a depiction of the dying Nelson on the deck of 'Victory' supported by an officer. The scene surrounded by an inscription 'Off Trafagar the battle was Fought / Nelson's Life the Victory bought' - the whole is within a blue and gilt border with white dots.

Object Details

ID: OBJ0020
Type: Patch box lid
Display location: Not on display
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Date made: circa 1805
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund.
Measurements: Overall: 50 x 35 mm
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